JUDGMENT :

K. SURENDER, J.

1. Since both the appeals are arising out of C.C. No. 40 of 2003, wherein A1 filed Criminal Appeal No. 484 of 2008 and A2 filed Criminal Appeal No. 428 of 2008, they are being heard together and disposed off by way of this Common Judgment.

2. For the sake of convenience, the appellants will be referred to as Accused Officers 1 and 2. Accused No. 1 (AO1) was the then Circle Inspector of Police and Accused No. 2 (AO2), was the then Sub-Inspector of Police working in the Dubbak Police Station. According to ACB, PW-1/de-facto complainant approached ACB and lodged complaint Ex.P15 on 04-02-2008, stating that his minor daughter was kidnapped. Accordingly, he gave application before Dubbak Police Station. AO-2 did not take any action even though Rs. 1000/- was paid and there was no progress in the investigation. PW-1 went around the police station several times, however, no attempts were made by the Accused Officers to trace out the daughter of PW-1. PW-1 also approached the Officer on Special Duty and narrated his grievance. She asked PW-1 to meet AO1. However, AO-1 demanded an amount of Rs. 50,000/- for the purpose of money to be spent on searching his daughter.