The 1st Additional Special Judge for SPE & ACB Cases, Hyderabad pronounced Judgment on July 3, 2014 convicted V.Ravikanth Reddy, AEE (Civil), Mahaboobnagar Circle, Office of the S.E. (Op), APCPDCL, Mahaboobnagar Circle, Mahaboobnagar district and sentenced him to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of One year and to pay a fine of Rs. 2000 and in default to suffer simple imprisonment for two months for the offence punishable Under Section 7 of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. The Judge further sentenced him to undergo on rigorous imprisonment for one year and to pay a fine of Rs. 2000 and in default of payment of fine, to suffer simple imprisonment for two months for the offence punishable under section 13(1)(d) read with Section 13(2) of the P.C. Act, 1988. Both the sentences were ordered to run concurrently.
Earlier he was trapped by the officials of the ACB on June 29, 2009 when he demanded and accepted a bribe of Rs. 10,000 from contractor of Mahaboobnagar district for issuing work orders/Agreements and to prepare bills for the works executed by the complainant. (INN)