JUDGMENT

R. BANUMATHI, J.

These appeals impugn the common judgment dated 24.02.2016 passed by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad in Criminal Appeal Nos.4717 of 2012 and 4888 of 2012 upholding the conviction of the appellants under Section 120-B IPC and Section 13(2) read with Section 13(1)(d) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (for short ‘the P.C. Act’) and also the sentence of imprisonment for three years and a fine of Rs.50,000/-imposed on each of the appellants for conviction under Section 120-B IPC. The High Court also confirmed the sentence of imprisonment for three years and fine of Rs.50,000/-imposed on appellant Rajiv Kumar for conviction under Section 13(2) read with Section 13(1)(d) of P.C. Act with default clause.

2. It is a well known fact that New Okhla Industrial Development Authority U.P. (hereinafter referred to as "NOIDA") was established in the year 1976 with the responsibility of developing and managing Asia’s largest Integrated Industrial Township for the industrial growth of the area, under the Uttar Pradesh Industrial Area Development Act, 1976 i