These Criminal Appeals are preferred against the common judgment dated 10-9-1993 in C.C. Nos. 12, 13, 14 & 15 of 1988 passed by the Enquiry Commissioner and Special Judge, Thiruvananthapuram. The same person is the accused in all the above cases and he has preferred all these four Appeals Nos. 580 to 583 of 1993. Crl. Appeal No. 580 of 1993 is directed against the judgment in C.C. 15 of 1988, Crl. Appeals Nos. 581 & 582 of 1993 are filed against the judgments in C.C. Nos. 13 & 14 of 1988 respectively and Crl. Appeal No. 583 of 1993 is filed against the judgment in C.C. 12 of 1988. Crl. Appeal No. 290 of 1994 is filed by the State seeking enhancement of the sentence awarded by the lower Court in all the above four cases.

2. In all the above four cases, the appellant stood trial before the lower Court for the offences punishable under section 5(2) read with Section 5(1)(c) and (d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947 and Sections 409, 467, 471 and 477-A of the I.P.C. on the basis of the charge-sheets laid by the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Vigilance Headquarters, Unit-II, Thiruvananthapuram. The allegation made against the appellant is that while working as Juni