THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE E.V.VENUGOPAL CRIMINAL APPEAL No.53 OF 2012

JUDGMENT:

This Criminal Appeal is filed by the appellant/complainant challenging the judgment dated 24.08.2011, passed by the learned I Additional Special Judge for SPE and ACB cases-cum-V Additional Chief Judge, City Civil Court, Hyderabad (for short, ‘the trial Court’) in C.C.No.7 of 2006, whereby the learned Judge found the accused persons not guilty for the offences under Sections 7 and Section 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (for short, the ‘P.C. Act, 1988’).

2. The appellant herein is the complainant and respondent herein is the accused before the trial Court. For the sake of convenience, hereinafter parties are referred to as the complainant and the accused.

3. The brief facts of the case of the prosecution are as follows:

AO Sri Y.Anand Rao worked as Panchayat Secretary in the office of Gram Panchayath, Kuntloor village, Hayathnagar Mandal, Ranga Reddy District from 08.12.2003 to 11.10.2004. The de facto complainant Sri V.Harinath (hereinafter referred as PW.1) purchased agricultural land to an extent of Ac.1.06 guntas in Sy.No.273/2, situated at Kuntloor village from Sri Sujan V