THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J. SREENIVAS RAO + CRIMINAL APPEAL No.533 OF 2007 % Dated 18.09.2025 # R. Mahender S/o.Mallaiah Aged: about 48 years, Government servant, R/o.H.No.11-29-237, Bank Colony Deshaipet Road, Warangal District.

….Appellant VERSUS $ State of A.P.

ACB, Rep. by its Special Public Prosecutor … Respondent ! Counsel for Appellant : Ms.P. Naga Deepika ^ Counsel for Respondent : Mr. T. Bala Mohan Reddy < GIST:

> HEAD NOTE:

? CITATIONS:

1. AIR 1954 SC 15

2. SLP (Crl.) No.11212 of 2022

3. 2023 LawSuit (SC) 287

4. (2023) 4 SCC 731

5. (2020) 2 SCC 8

6. (2015) 3 SCC 220 7. (2021) 3 SCC 687

8. (2015) 10 SCC 152 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE J. SREENIVAS RAO CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 533 of 2007

ORDER:

This criminal appeal has been filed under Section

374(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short, ‘the Cr.P.C.’) by the appellant/Accused Officer aggrieved by the judgment dated 09.04.2007 passed in C.C.No.7 of 2002 on the file of the Principal Special Judge for ACB Cases at Hyderabad, whereby he was convicted for the offence under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (for short, ‘the Act’) and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for one year and to pay fine of Rs.2,