JUDGMENT:

1. The appellant was convicted and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of six months and one year under Section 7 and Sections 13(1)(d) r/w 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, respectively, vide judgment in C.C.No.17 of 2010 dated 30.06.2011, passed by the II Additional Special Judge for SPE & ACB Cases, Hyderabad. Aggrieved by the said conviction, the present appeal is filed.

2. Briefly, the case of the prosecution is that P.W.1 is the defacto complainant. He was working as Assistant Engineer in the office of Agriculture Marketing Committee, Warangal. The appellant worked as Executive Engineer in the said office and he was superior to P.W.1. The contract work was awarded to M/s. Satyamurthy Constructions for laying cement concrete at Chilly Sabad at part-III at Market Yard Ennmamula, and balance cement concrete work at Chilly Sabad part-IV, Market Yard Enmamula. The contract work was awarded to Satyamurthy Constructions on a tender basis. The said construction work was represented by P.W.4/Srinivas Reddy. After entering into the contract, the contract work was executed within the stipulated time. In all, P.W.1 prepared 8 bills for making pa