COMMON JUDGMENT:

1. Criminal Appeal No.734 of 2007 was filed by A1 and Criminal Appeal No.735 of 2007 was filed by A2. A1 was convicted for the offences under Section 7 and Section 13(1)(d) r/w 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of six months and one year, respectively under both counts. A2 was convicted under Section 12 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and was sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for a period of six months vide judgment in C.C.No.19 of 2003 dated 04.06.2007 passed by the Principal Special Judge for SPE and ACB Cases, City Civil Court, Hyderabad. Since both the appeals are filed questioning the very same judgment of Special Court, both the appeals are disposed off by way of this Common Judgment.

2. Briefly, the facts of the case are that A1 worked as Senior Assistant in RTA Office, Central Zone, Khairatabad and A2 was a registered RTA Agent. The defacto complainant is P.W.1. He lodged complaint with the ACB on 07.03.2001 at 10.30 a.m. According to P.W.1, he was authorized agent in the RTA. A licence was issued by the Joint Commissioner of RTA, Hyderabad, to render services as an agent in the RT