Courtroom Awards 13-Yr Jail Time period to Railway Clerk in Bribery Case

SRINAGAR: Particular Choose Bala Joyti of the Anti-Corruption (CBI Instances) Courtroom in Jammu on Wednesday sentenced Tilak Raj, former Head Items Clerk on the Railway Station in Jammu, to 13 years of rigorous imprisonment. Moreover, Raj was fined Rs 25,000 in a bribery case, Day by day Excelsior reported.

After listening to each side, the Particular Choose noticed, “It’s apt to notice that the accused is caught for the primary time for such kind of offenses. He confronted the trial for final greater than 10 years”, including “this courtroom hopes that in this lengthy interval of greater than 10 years, when he has confronted penalties of his proved misconduct, he could have, by now a way of regret for what he did. Extra so, he has a household to run, which in truth will consequently undergo if most punishment offered within the statute is awarded to him”.

The courtroom awarded rigorous imprisonment of three years together with tremendous of Rs 5000 below Part 120B RPC and in default of fee of tremendous he shall additional bear easy imprisonment for 3 months.

Below Part 161 RPC, he has been awarded rigorous imprisonment of 5 years together with tremendous of Rs 10000 and in default of fee of tremendous he shall additional bear easy imprisonment for six months and Below Part 5(1)(d) r/w 5 (2) of J&Okay PC Act, he has been awarded rigorous imprisonment of 5 years together with tremendous of Rs 10000 and in default of fee of tremendous he shall additional bear easy imprisonment for six months.

“All of the sentences shall run concurrently and the quantity of tremendous be deposited within the courtroom. Accused be lodged in District Jail Amphalla Jammu to serve the sentence”, the courtroom stated.