JUDGMENT :

K. Surender, J.

1. Criminal Appeal No.280 of 2011 is preferred by A1 and Criminal Appeal No.291 of 2011 is preferred by A2. A1, A2 along with A4 were convicted for the offence under Section 13(1)(c) r/w 13(2) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of three years each and they were also sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of six months each under Section 120-B IPC vide judgment in C.C.No.1 of 2008 dated 11.03.2011 passed by the I Additional Special Judge for SPE & ACB Cases, City Civil Court, Hyderabad. Since both the appeals arise out of the same judgment, both the appeals are heard together and disposed off by way of this Common Judgment.

2. Briefly, the case of the prosecution is that A1 worked as Deputy Chief Executive Officer, A2 worked as Accounts Officer and A3 worked as Superintendent at Zilla Parishad, Nalgonda, A4 worked as Branch Manager, FEDCON Branch, Nalgonda, A5 worked as Business Manager, M/s.Nagarjuana District Co-op Marketing Society, Nalgonda, A6 worked as Business Manager, M/s.Neelgiri Super Bazar, Nalgonda and A7 worked as Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Parishad, Nalgonda. All