2025 INSC 1263 REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1770 OF 2014 P. SOMARAJU …APPELLANT(S)

VERSUS STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH ...RESPONDENT(S)

J U D G M E N T

PRASHANT KUMAR MISHRA, J.

1. This Appeal arises out of the judgment and order dated 08.07.2011 passed by the High Court of Judicature of Andhra Pradesh at Hyderabad in Criminal Appeal No. 1540 of 2004. By way of the impugned judgment, the High Court reversed the order of acquittal dated 28.11.2003 passed by the Court of Principal Special Judge for SPE and ACB Cases, Hyderabad in Calendar Case No. 13 of 1999. The appellant, who was the accused before the Trial Court, was thereby convicted for offences under Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) read with Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, [Digitally signed by] and was sentenced to undergo rigorous Signature i N m ot Ve p rifie r d isonment for one year with a fine of ₹10,000/- on each count.

NISHA KHULBEY Date: 2025.10.28 Reason:

1 For short, ‘the PC Act’

2. The facts leading to the instant Appeal may be described briefly. The appellant was an Assistant Commissioner of Labour, Circle I, at Anjaiah Karmica Bhavan, Ashoknaga