JUDGMENT

The appellant was the 1^st accused in C.C.Nos.111 of 2008, 112 of 2008 and 113 of 2008 on the files of the Court of Enquiry Commissioner and Special Judge, Kottayam. The Special Court convicted him for the offences under Sections 13 (1)(c) and (d) read with Section 13 (2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (PC Act) and Sections 409 and 477A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 ( IPC ) in all the cases. He was accordingly sentenced also. The common judgment rendered by the Special Court in that regard is under challenge in these appeals filed under Section 374 (2) of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Code).

2. The appellant was the Executive Officer (rechristened as Secretary), Karimannoor Panchayat during 1992-1993. Alleging that he hatched a conspiracy with the other accused arraigned in the respective cases for committing misappropriation of money allocated for maintenance of various roads in the Panchayat and in furtherance of their conspiracy, various amounts were misappropriated in connection with maintenance work carried out to three roads in the Panchayat. Each of these cases relates to separate incidents. Details of the calendar cases corresponding to the appeals a