JUDGMENT :

The accused/petitioner by name V.Gopal Reddy, Senior Divisional Engineer (West), South Central Railway, Secunderabad, is the appellant, impugned the conviction judgment dated 01.09.2014 in C.C.No.3 of 2011, passed by the learned III Additional Special Judge for CBI cases, Hyderabad, where prosecution laid by S.P.E., C.B.I., Hyderabad, covered by Crl.R.C.No.18(A)/2010 – CBI/HYD, for the offences punishable under Sections 7 and 13 (2) read with 13 (1) (d) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, (for short ‘the P.C. Act’), where from the investigation and from the final report of CBI that was taken cognizance by the learned Special Judge for the offences supra against the accused and after framing of charges under Sections 7 and 13 (2) read with Section 13 (1)(d) of the P.C.Act from his denial of prosecution version and sustainability of the accusation, put to trial and in the course of the trial from the thirteen witnesses examined with 19 exhibits P1 to P19 and five material objects as MOs.1 to 5, marked with defence evidence of the accused covered by DWs.1 to 11 and Exs.D1 to D30 in the judgment running in 53 paragraphs and from paras - 46 to 38, the trial Court came to a