A special Central Bureau of Investigation court in Ahmedabad on Tuesday sentenced a service tax officer to five years’ rigorous imprisonment in connection with a corruption case.
The special judge for CBI cases also slapped a fine of Rs 30,000 on Hashmukh Chhaganbhai Rathod, the then superintendent in service tax, Nadiad range.
The sleuths from CBI and Gandhinagar Anti-Corruption Bureau had on April 24, 2014, registered a case against Rathod based on the allegations that he had demanded Rs 2,500 to grant a registration certificate to the complainant’s partnership firm. After negotiation, the accused agreed to accept Rs 2,000 from the complainant.
On April 25, 2014, the officials laid a trap and “caught the accused red-handed while demanding and accepting the bribe of Rs 2,000 from the complainant and was subsequently arrested”.
On August 22, same year a charge sheet was filed against the accused “for demanding and accepting illegal gratification as well as criminal misconduct,” said a statement from the CBI. After the trial, the court found Rathod guilty and announced the sentence.
Source: The Indian Express
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