APHC010486552007 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3368]

(Special Original Jurisdiction)

TUESDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B V L N CHAKRAVARTHI CRIMINAL APPEAL No: 1717/2007 Between:

1. TADANKI JOHN PRIYANADAM, S/O BHUJANGA RAO, ASST.

SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICER FORMERLY AT CHINTALAPUDI OF W.G.DIST. ...APELLANT AND

1. THE STATE OF A P, through the Range Inspector, ACB, Eluru Range, W.G.Dist., rep. by the Spl. Public Prosecutor for ACB Cases, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad.

...RESPONDENT Counsel for the Appellant(S):

SURESH KUMAR REDDY KALAVA Counsel for the Respondent:

S.SYAM SUNDER RAO SC cum Spl.P.P. For ACB The Court made the following:

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B.V.L.N.CHAKRAVARTHI CRIMINAL APPEAL No: 1717 OF 2007

O R A L J U D G M E N T:

Heard Sri Suresh Kumar Reddy Kalava, learned counsel for the appellant and Sri S.Syam Sunder Rao, learned Special Public Prosecutor-cum-Standing Counsel representing the respondent/ACB.

2. The appeal is preferred by the convict/Accused in the case, challenging the judgment dated 07.12.2007 rendered by the Special Court for SPE & ACB Cases, Vijayawada, in C.C.No.8/1998. The ap