JDA engr sentenced to 4-yr imprisonment in graft case
Jodhpur: A court here Saturday sentenced a junior engineer (JEN) of Jodhpur Development Authority (JDA) to four years of rigorous imprisonment in a corruption case.
The convict, identified as Kanaram, a resident of Jodhpur, had taken a bribe for granting construction permission in 2016.
According to Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) public prosecutor Dinesh Tiwari, a complaint had been filed at the agency against Kanaram in Sept 2016 by one Dharmveer Soni stating that Kanaram demanded Rs 5,000 for preparing an inspection report required for the permission of construction.
In a trap action executed by the ACB following verification of the complaint, the ACB had caught the engineer red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 2,000 from the complainant on Sept 21, 2016.
After his arrest, the ACB had filed a chargesheet against the accused. During the hearing in the court, which lasted about nine years, statements of 17 witnesses were recorded and 37 documents were submitted in the court.
Based on these evidence and arguments, Special Judge (ACB) Madhusudan Mishra, pronounced Kanaram guilty and sentenced him to three years of imprisonment and a fine of Rs 20,000 under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
In addition to this, the court also sentenced him to four years of imprisonment along with another fine of Rs 20,000 under Sections 13(1)(D) and 13(2) of the same Act. If the fine is not paid, he will have to undergo an additional imprisonment of six months for each default.
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