P PARASURAMI REDDY Vs. STATE OF A P

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The present appeal is filed by the Appellant-accused who was found guilty by the trial court for the offences punishable under Sections 7 and 13(1)(d) read with Section 13(2) of Prevention of Corruption Act (hereinafter referred to as "The Act").

(2.) The story of the prosecution in short is as under:

(3.) It is further the case of the complainant that next day on 12.1.1994, the raiding party started from the office of PW-9 at about 9 a.m. and reached the office of accused by 10.00 a.m.. On seeing the complainant, who alone went to the office of the accused, the accused asked him as to whether he has brought the bribe amount. On this, the complainant gave the money to accused who took the same with his right hand and kept the same in his right hip pocket. The complainant came out of the office and gave the agreed signal. On getting signal from complainant, raiding party immediately rushed towards the accused. They noticed accused also coming out of office room. PW9 then apprehended the accused. On disclosing the identity by PW9, the accused threw the currency notes in the open ground towards the public and shouted "take away, take away". When the right hand fingers and back side pocket were subjected to sodium carbonate test, the solution turned pink. Interestingly, the currency notes of Rs. 200/- found from the open space, which were claimed by the accused as his own, were returned to him by PW9.