IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON'BLE SMT. JUSTICE TIRUMALA DEVI EADA CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.1362 OF 2011 DATE: 01.04.2026 Between:

Dharavath Erya … Appellant and The State of A.P., by the Spl.Public Prosecutor for ACB Cases … Respondent :: JUDGMENT ::

This criminal appeal is filed by the appellant – Accused Officer (AO) aggrieved by the judgment dated 18.11.2011 passed in Calendar Case No.87 of 2010 by the learned II Additional Special Judge for SPE & ACB Cases at Hyderabad (for short ‘the trial Court’).

2. Vide the aforesaid judgment, the trial Court found the Accused Officer guilty of the charges under Sections 7, 13(1)(d) read with Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (for short ‘the Act’) and accordingly, he was convicted and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of six months and to pay a fine of Rs.500/- in default to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of one (01) month for the offence under Section 7 of the Act and further he was sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of one year and to pay a fine of Rs.1000/- in default to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of one (01) month for the