CRLA/314/2007 of BUGATA VENKATESWARA RAO Vs THE STATE OF A.P., REP. BY SPL. P.P., ACB CASES

APHC010210892007 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH [3327] AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.314 OF 2007 Between: Bugata Venkateswara Rao ...APPELLANT AND The State of AP., ...RESPONDENT Rep by its Spl.PP, ACB. Counsel for the Appellant: 1. UDAYA BHASKARA RAO PECHETTI Counsel for the Respondent: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Court made the following JUDGMENT: This Criminal Appeal has been preferred against the judgment, dated 26.02.2007, passed in CC No.18 of 2002 by the learned Special Judge for SPE and ACB Cases, Vijayawada. SRK, J Crl.Appeal No.314 of 2007 2 2. The sole accused officer is the appellant herein. He was tried for the offences punishable under Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) read with 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (for short „the Act‟). By his Judgment, dated 26.02.2007, the learned Special Judge found the accused officer guilty of the offences punishable under Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) read with 13(2) of the Act and, accordingly, convicted him of the said offences, and sentenced him to undergo rigorous imprisonm