Srinagar, Apr 29, KDC: Five persons convicted in a 1990 food grains misappropriation case have been sentenced to two years’ simple imprisonment and fined Rs 1 lakh each under the J&K Prevention of Corruption Act, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) said on Wednesday.
According to an ACB statement, the Special Judge, Anti-Corruption Court Anantnag, awarded the sentence in FIR No. 09/1990 registered under Section 5(2) of the J&K Prevention of Corruption Act read with Section 409 RPC at Police Station VOK (now ACB).
The convicted persons were identified as Abdul Khaliq Shah, Ghulam Nabi Mir, Mohammad Shafi Rather, Ghulam Hassan Hajam and Muzaffar Ahmad Bichoo, all former storekeepers of the Food Supplies Department posted at different sale centres in Pahalgam and adjoining areas.
The ACB said that in default of payment of the Rs 1 lakh fine, each convict shall undergo an additional six months’ simple imprisonment.
Besides this, the court also sentenced each convict to three years’ simple imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 2 lakh each under Section 409 RPC. In default of payment of the fine, they shall further undergo one year’s imprisonment.
The case was registered on June 7, 1990, following a complaint alleging embezzlement of food grains and empty bags worth Rs 3,64,235.84. The charge sheet was filed in 2003, and the matter was decided after trial, the statement added. (KDC)
