Since both the appeals arise out of the same
judgment dated 06.04.2009 in C.C.No.39 of 2004 passed
by the learned Special Judge for ACB Cases,
Visakhapatnam (for short, ‘the learned Special Judge’),
they are being disposed of, by this common judgment.
2. Criminal Appeal No.456 of 2009 has been preferred
by AO2, and Criminal Appeal No. 459 of 2009 has been
preferred by AO1, in the aforesaid C.C.
3. Vide the impugned judgment, the learned Special
Judge found AOs.1 and 2 guilty of the offences under
Sections 7 and 13 (2) read with 13 (1) (d) of the Prevention
of Corruption Act, 1988 (for short ‘the Act’), accordingly
convicted them of the said charges and sentenced them to
undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of six months
and to pay a fine of Rs.500/- each, in default to suffer
simple imprisonment for a period of one month each, for
the offence under Section 7 of the Act and Section 34 IPC,
and further sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment
for a period of one year and to pay a fine of Rs.1,000/-
each, in default to suffer simple imprisonment for a period
of two months each, for the offence under Section 13 (1) (d)
read with 13 (2) of the Act and Section 34 IPC. Both the
sentences were directed to run concurrently.