SRINAGAR, Apr 13, KDC: A former Patwari, Ghulam Qadir Bhat, has been convicted by the Anti-Corruption Court Srinagar and sentenced to one year of imprisonment along with a fine of ₹10,000, officials said in a statement.
The judgment was pronounced by Tasleem Arif in connection with FIR No. 20/2007 registered at Police Station VOK (now Anti Corruption Bureau) Srinagar.
According to the statement, the case was registered on April 1, 2007, under Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act read with Section 161 RPC, following allegations that the accused, then Patwari Halqa Khushipora Zainkot, had demanded and accepted a bribe of ₹3,000 for implementing a mutation in favour of the complainant.
It said that during investigation conducted by PS VOK (now ACB) Srinagar, the charges were substantiated through oral and documentary evidence, leading to the filing of a charge sheet before the Anti-Corruption Court on February 29, 2008.
The court, after hearing the case, found the accused guilty and awarded the sentence under the relevant provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act. The prosecution in the case was conducted by Senior Prosecuting Officer Wajahat Jameel on behalf of ACB Srinagar, the statement added. (KDC)
