JUDGMENT :

1. The appellant was convicted for the offence under Section 7 and 13(1)(d) r/w 13(2) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of six months and one year respectively vide judgment in C.C.No.38 of 2004 dated 22.12.2008 passed by the Principal Special Judge for SPE & ACB Cases, City Civil Court, Hyderabad.

2. Briefly, the case of the prosecution is that the appellant was working as Junior Assistant in the office of the Deputy Educational Officer, Ameerpet Mandal, Hyderabad. P.W.1/defacto complainant was the office in-charge of Gyana Saraswathi School. The TC book of the school was exhausted and since new TC book would be supplied by the DEO, Hyderabad, on the instructions of the Head Mistress of the School, the defacto complainant visited the office of the Deputy DEO, on 03.07.2003 and met the appellant. The application for giving TC certificates Ex.P1 and letter for allotment of text books dated 30.06.2003 along with pay orders Exs.P3 and P4 were handed over to the appellant. The appellant refused to put up file before the Deputy DEO for issuance of TC book and text books and demanded Rs.1,000/- as bribe. P.W.1 went