JUDGMENT:

1. Challenge in this Criminal Appeal is the judgment dated 30.6.2011 rendered in C.C.No.7 of 2010 which stood pending on the file of the Court of II Additional Special Judge for SPE & ACB Cases, Hyderabad.

2. Heard the submissions made by Smt Gayathri, the learned counsel appearing for the appellant-accused officer and also Sri T.L.Nayan Kumar, learned Special Public Prosecutor for ACB Cases. Also gave anxious and due consideration to the written arguments filed on behalf of the appellant and the judgments relied upon by both parties.

3. Sans unnecessary details, the essence of the prosecution case, if narrated phase-wise, is as under:-

Phase-I: The appellant was working as Divisional Accounts Officer in the office of Executive Engineer, R & B Sub- Division, Bodhan, Nizamabad District and by virtue of the post held by him, he falls under the category of ‘public servant’ as defined under Section 2 (c) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (hereinafter be referred as “the PC Act” for brevity). P.W-2 was a Special Class Contractor. P.W-1 was working as an agent of P.W-2. P.W-2 completed about Rupees Ten lakhs worth road work pertaining to Banswada to Bichkunda road and re