JUDGMENT

(Prayer : Criminal Appeal has been filed under Section 374(2) of Cr.P.C., 1973 r/w Section 27 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, against the judgment dated 31.03.2016 made in Spl.C.No.8 of 2014 on the file of the Court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate-cum-Special Judge, Villupuram convicting the appellant for the offences punishable under Sections 7 and 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act and convicted and sentenced to undergo 1 year RI for both the offences and to pay a total fine of Rs.3,000/- and the sentences to run concurrently.)

1. Periyasamy, the appellant herein, while serving as Village Administrative Officer of Kachirapalayam Village, Kallakurchi Taluk, Villupuram District, was caught red handed in the trap proceedings held on 19/07/2007 for accepting bribe of Rs.300/- from the Defacto complainant, Mr.K.R.Kumar, who approached the appellant to get community certificate and income certificate for his wife to get loan from THADCO. In Spl.C.C.No:2/2008, charges under Sections 7 and 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, were framed against him and the Special Court for Corruption Cases at Villupuram found him guilty of demand an