V IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH :: AMARAVATI TUESDAY ,THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K. SREENIVASA REDDY CRIMINAL APPEAL NO: 34 OF 2018 Appeal under Section 377 of Cr.P.C, questioning the Acquittal of the Respondent/Accused Officer for the offences under Section 13(2) 13(1)(e) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 herein C.C No. 78 of 2013 dated 13-03-2017 on the file of the Special Judge for trial of SPE and ACB cases, Kurnool. r/w Between: State Represented by Inspector of Police, Anti -Corruption Bureau, Anantapur Range, Anantapur ...Appellant/Complainant AND Sri V.V Nageswara Rao, Chief Engineer, HNSS Circle-ll, Anantapur Circle, Anantapur District. ...Respondent/Accused Officer Counsel for the Appellant: Standing Counsel and Special Public Prosecutor for ACB Counsel for the Respondents: Sri Posani Venkateswarlu, Senior Counsel for Sri P Sai Surya Teja The Court made the following: M V THE HON’BLB SRI JUSTICE K. SREENIVASA REDDY Criminal Appeal No.34 of 2018 Judgment; This Criminal Appeal is preferred by the appellant/ challenging the judgment dated 13.03.2017 in C.C.No.78 of 2013 on the file of the Special Judge for trial of SPE & ACB Cases, Kurnool. State 2. Respondent herein is accused in the aforesaid Calendar Case. Vide judgment dated 13.03.2017 m the said C.C., he was convicted of the offence under Section 13 (2) read with 13 (1) (d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for fine of Rs.5,000/- in a period of two years and to pay default to undergo simple imprisonment for two months for On the ground of inadequacy of the appellant/State preferred the present Criminal the said offence. sentence. Appeals. learned Standing Counsel and 3. Heard the for the Special Public Prosecutor for ACB appearing and Sri Posani Venkateswarlu, learned appellant / State senior counsel appearing for the respondent/accused. 2 4. Learned senior counsel brought to the notice of this Court that the respondent/accused Appeal No.324 of 2017 before this Court conviction and sentence recorded by the learned preferred Criminal challenging his Special Judge in the aforementioned C.C., hearing both the sides and and this Court, after perusal of the evidence on record, allowed the said Criminal Appeal vide judgment Court found the dated 24.1.2023, whereby this respondent/accused not guilty of the charge leveled against him and accordingly, set aside the conviction and sentence recorded by the learned Special Judge against the respondent/ accused. In view of the findings recorded im the aforesaid judgment, the present Criminal Appeal is not Accordingly, the Criminal maintainable. Appeal is dismissed. Consequently, miscellaneous petitions, if pending m the Criminal Appeal shall stand closed. any. Sd/- E KAMESWARA RAO JOINT REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER To, 1. The Special Judge for trial District. 2. The Inspector of Police, Ananthapur District. of SPE and ACB cases, Kurnool, Kurnool Anti-Corruption Bureau, Ananthapur Range, 3. Two CCs to the Special Public Prosecutor for ACB Andhra Pradesh at Amaravathi [OUT] One CC to Sri. P Sai Surya Teja Advocate [OPUC] The Section Officer, Criminal Section, High Court of Andhra Pradesh. Three CD Copies High Court of I: 4. ! ! / 5. 6. Stu sree HIGH COURT DATED:22/04/2025 V, JUDGMENT CRLA.No.34 of 2018 <j >5 5 0 2 MAY ?0?‘i Current Section dismissing the criminal appeal