JUDGMENT :

K. SURENDER, J.

1. The appellant is convicted for the offence under Section 7 and Section 13(1)(d) punishable under Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (for brevity ‘the Act of 1988’) vide judgment in C.C. No. 37 of 2001 dated 29.01.2008 passed by the Principal Special Judge for SPE&ACB Cases, City Civil Court, Hyderabad. Aggrieved by the same, present appeal is filed.

2. Briefly, the case of the prosecution is that PW-6 had taken a stall in the All India Industrial Exhibition for running ‘Egg Stall’ in the name and style of ‘Sai Krishna Egg Point’ for selling egg based products by paying the bid amount. However, from the beginning, the appellant, who was Sub-Inspector posted in the Out Post of Industrial Exhibition, used to visit the stall and harass PW-6 for paying bribe (mamool). Prior to 01.02.1999, the accused officer demanded an amount of Rs. 5,000/- towards the said mamool and again the accused officer went to the shop on 01.02.1999 and threatened PW-6 that he would complain to the vigilance department and to see to that his shop is closed, if he fails to give the bribe amount. The bribe amount was reduced to Rs. 1,000/- and the accused officer as