JUDGMENT :

1. The appellant is convicted for the offence under Sections 7 and also under Section 13 (1) (d) punishable under Section 13 (2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (for short “the Act of 1988”) vide judgment in Calendar Case No.8 of 2004, dated 04.03.2008 passed by the Principal Special Judge for SPE & ACB Cases, City Civil Court, Hyderabad for demanding and accepting bribe of Rs.1,000/- from the de facto complainant/P.W.1. Aggrieved by the same, the present appeal is filed.

2. Briefly stated the case of the prosecution is that P.W.1 was running M/s. Bhanu Engineering works at Ranigunj, Secunderabad. On 14.08.2004 at about 12.00 noon, in the absence of P.W.1, accused officer visited the shop and asked the person in the shop about the business details and informed the person in the shop to inform P.W.1 to meet him in his office on 20.08.2003. When P.W.1 met the accused officer on the said day, AO demanded Rs.1,000/- as mamool for not inspecting his shop in future and not to point out any irregularities in inspection reports and further not to harass him. PW1 was not willing to pay the bribe amount, as such he gave a written complaint to the ACB on the same day at 11.