Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 20: Additional Sessions Judge Anticorruption Jammu, Jaffer Hussain Beigh today awarded four years imprisonment and fine of Rs 4000 to the then Junior Engineer Mohd Bashir, son of Fiaz Mohd of Gujjar Mandi Rajouri, who was arrested by the Vigilance Organization while demanding and accepting illegal gratification.
The trap to arrest JE was laid on the complaint of Mandeep Sharma, a resident of village Sair, Kalakote mentioning that JE was demanding Rs 10,000 for releasing the payment of construction work executed by the complainant.
After hearing CPO Anil Magotra with Senior PO Himanshu Gupta for the Vigilance Organization whereas Advocate Nazir Ahmed Choudhary appearing for the accused person, Additional Sessions Judge observed, “from the evidence on record it is proved beyond reasonable doubt that the accused Mohd Bashir received Rs 6000 from the complainant in bar room of a hotel at Narwal Chowk in the presence of prosecution witnesses”.
“The breach of trust and criminal misconduct by a public servant are certainly serious offences calling for a deterrent sentence and in modern civilized societies, such type of crime deserves as matter of fact deterrent punishment in the larger interest of the society”, the Court said.
With these observations, Court awarded two years rigorous imprisonment each under Section 161 RPC and Prevention of Corruption Act. The Court, however, clarified that both the sentences will run concurrently.
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