JUDGMENT :

This Criminal Appeal is preferred by the appellant - sole accused aggrieved by the conviction and sentence passed by the Principal Special Judge for SPE & ACB Cases, Hyderabad vide Judgment dated 06.10.2007 in CC No.33 of 2002, wherein the appellant was convicted and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of six months for the offence under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, (for short ‘the Act’) and to pay fine of Rs.500/-, in default to pay the fine amount, to undergo simple imprisonment for one month and further sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of one year for the offence under Section 13(1)(d) read with Section 13(2) of the Act and to pay fine of Rs.500/-, in default of payment of fine amount to undergo simple imprisonment for one month and both the sentences were directed to run concurrently.

2. The brief facts that are necessary for disposal of the appeal are that the appellant – Accused Officer (hereinafter referred to as ‘AO’) was working as a Medical Officer at Primary Health Centre (PHC), Nizamsagar, Nizamabad District at the time of registration of the case and the complainant worked on deputation in the