JUDGMENT :

1. The appellant, who is arrayed as Accused Officer No.2 was convicted for the offence under Sections 7 and Section 13(1)(d) punishable under Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act (for short ‘the Act’) and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of six months and one year respectively, in default, to pay fine of Rs.500/- under each count, vide judgment in C.C.No.41 of 2002 dated 23.01.2008 passed by 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 Accused Officer No.1 (AO1) who died before commencement of trial was working as Assistant Section Officer and the appellant/Accused Officer No.2(AO2) was working as Assistant Secretary in Municipal Administration and Urban Development, Andhra Pradesh Secretariat. P.W.1 who was a Junior Assistant of K.M.G.H. School approached the Accused Officer No.1 and requested to process his representation pertaining to regularization of his services and to call for the remarks from the Director, Municipal Administration. The Accused Officer No.1 allegedly demanded an amount of Rs.1,000/- to be pa