SRINAGAR: The Special Judge of Anti-Corruption in Jammu has convicted a Patwari from Halqa Surinsar in District Jammu for accepting a bribe. The accused has been sentenced to undergo one year of simple imprisonment along with a fine in a trap case.
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) stated in a released statement that Mohd Sharif, son of Mohd Ayoub and resident of Jagti Nagrota, District Jammu, was convicted in a case filed under FIR number 17/2016 of PS VOJ (now ACB).
The statement said, “The instant case was registered at PS VOJ (now ACB) upon receipt of a complaint from the complainant who demanded Rs. 4000 for mutation of land purchased. The accused Patwari of Halqa Surinsar had already received Rs. 9000 from the complainant and was further demanding Rs 4000. The accused was caught red-handed while demanding and accepting Rs 4000 on the spot from the complainant.”
The statement also said, “After the conclusion of the investigation, a charge sheet was presented before the Special Judge of Anti-Corruption in Jammu. The Court convicted Mohd. Sharif, accused Patwari of Halqa Surinsar, Jammu, for one year of simple imprisonment for committing offences under Section 4-A of the Prevention of Corruption Act, Svt. 2006 and one year of simple imprisonment for committing the offence under Section 5(1)(d) r/w 5(2) of the said act, along with a fine of Rs. 10,000 in each offence. The Court also ordered that both the sentences will run concurrently.” (KNO)
