JUDGMENT :

K. SURENDER, J.

1. The appellant is questioning his conviction vide judgment in C.C. No. 21 of 2005 dated 13.04.2010 passed by the Principal Special Judge for SPE & ACB Cases, and being sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of six months for the offence under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act (for short ‘the Act’) and also sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of one year for the offence under Section 13(1)(d) r/w 13(2) of the Act.

2. The case of the prosecution is that the appellant was working as Assistant Labour Officer, Godavarikhani, Karimnagar District. The case of PW-1/defacto complainant is that he and other medical agencies in the area did not have labour licences for engaging workers. Accordingly, on 19.06.2003, PW-1 met the appellant and enquired about the licences. Since there was no response, PW-1 again met him on 20.06.2003. When PW-1 enquired about the licences, appellant demanded an amount of Rs. 15,000/- as bribe for issuing licences. The applications were not received by the appellant from PW-1 and others. Again on 21.06.2003, PW-1 met the appellant and also met one person by name Sathish Kumar. On 24.06.2003