CBI Court orders 5-yr RI to four Central Excise officers
By TIOL News Service
LUCKNOW, JULY 29, 2014 : THE Special Judge (West), Anti-Corruption, Lucknow has convicted R.K.Srivastava, then Superintendent and three Inspectors, A.K.Gaba, Dushyant Kumar & Alok Gupta, all of Central Excise and sentenced them to undergo five years Rigorous Imprisonment with fine of Rs.90,000/- each.
CBI had registered a case on a complaint alleging that R.K.Srivastava, the then Supdt. of Central Excise (Preventives), Lucknow and three persons had demanded a bribe of Rs.80,000/-. The accused were caught red handed by the CBI while demanding a bribe from Complainant for the release of necessary documents of his factory.
After completion of the investigation, charge-sheet was filed in the Court of Special Judge (West), Anti-corruption, Lucknow and the Trial Court found the four accused of Central Excise guilty and acquitted the Block Development Officer, Fatehganj, Bareilly.
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