(1.) Heard learned counsel for the appellants, learned counsel for the C.B.I. and perused the record.
(2.) The aforesaid criminal appeals have been preferred by the accused-appellants, namely, A.K. Gaba, Dushyant Kumar and Alok Gupta who are involved in Criminal Case No. 05 of 1997, arising out of Case Crime No. RC 1(A)/1995 (State Versus R.K. Srivastava and others), under sections 120-B of Indian Penal Code (hereinafter referred to as IPC) read with Section 7 and 13 (1)(d) read with 13 (2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, Police Station C.B.I/ S.P.E, District Lucknow. Since, all the above three criminal appeals have arisen from the same case crime, therefore, they have been heard together and are being disposed of by this common judgment.
(3.) These appeals assail the correctness of the judgment and order dated 26.07.2014 passed by learned Special Judge, P.C.Act, C.B.I., (West), Lucknow in Criminal Case No. 05 of 1997, arising out of Case Crime No. RC 1(A)/1995 (State Versus R.K. Srivastava and others), under sections 120-B of I.P.C. read with Section 7 and 13 (1)(d) and Section 13 (2) of the P.C, Act, 1988 , Police Station C.B.I/ S.P.E, District Lucknow, whereby the accused appellants have been convicted and sentenced the accused-appellants namely, A.K. Gaba, Dushyant Kumar and Alok Gupta, convicted as under: