Mail News Service New Delhi, Jan 2: The Special Judge, CBI cases, Jaipur convicted accused Ajay Gupta, the then Senior Materials Manager, Controller of Stores, North Western Railway, Jaipur and two private persons i.e. Prabhudayal Gupta, & Sanjay Gupta U/s 120-B IPC r/w Section 7& 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d) of PC Act, 1988. All the three […]
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New Delhi, Jan 2: The Special Judge, CBI cases, Jaipur convicted accused Ajay Gupta, the then Senior Materials Manager, Controller of Stores, North Western Railway, Jaipur and two private persons i.e. Prabhudayal Gupta, & Sanjay Gupta U/s 120-B IPC r/w Section 7& 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d) of PC Act, 1988. All the three accused persons have been sentenced to undergo two years Rigorous Imprisonment each and a fine of Rs.1,000/- under each section. Special Judge has also ordered accused persons to return the bribe money of Rs.10,000/- to the complainant alongwith 12% interest PA.
CBI registered the case on 10.02.2010, against Ajay Gupta, Senior Materials Manager, Controller of Stores, NWR, Jaipur, on the basis of a complaint. Accused Ajay Gupta had demanded a sum of Rs.30,000/- from the complainant, in lieu of processing of his two tenders and thereafter received a sum of Rs.10,000/- in the joint account of his father & brother and also directed complainant to deposit remaining Rs.20,000/- in the same account of his father & brother. Detail of said account was forwarded by Ajay Gupta to the complainant, through a SMS from his mobile phone.
After investigation, chargesheet in the instant case was filed in the month of April, 2011. Accused Ajay Gupta remained in Judicial custody for a period of 6 months during the trial of the case. The Court heard the case on day to day basis and concluded the trial with in a period of eight months only.
The Trial Court found the accused persons guilty for the offences and convicted them.
The Special Judge, CBI cases, Jabalpur has convicted Shri Rajesh Kumar Shrivastava, the then Branch Manager, Central Bank of India, Bichchiya Niwas Branch Shahpura, District Dindori (MP) and sentenced him to undergo three years Rigorous Imprisonment with a fine of Rs. 5.85 Lakh (approx) U/s 13 (2) r/w 13 (1) (e) of PC Act. 1988. The Special Judge has also ordered to confiscate the Property, Cash Bank Balance, MIS/RD/FD, and amount recovered during house search / Bank Locker of the accused. The amount of fine shall be realized from above said movable & immovable property.
This case was an off-shoot of another regular Case registered U/s 7 of PC Act, 1988 against the accused Shri Rajesh Kumar Shrivastava. Branch Manager, Central Bank of India, Bichchiya Niwas Branch ( Shahpura) District Dindori (MP) in which he was caught red handed on 06.09.2008, while demanding and accepting a bribe. During the search conducted at the residential premises of accused at Jabalpur, documents as well as cash, indicating alleged possession of assets disproportionate to his known sources were seized. After verification, the instant case was registered.
It was found during investigation that Shri Rajesh Kumar Shrivastava and his family members were found to be in possession of assets which were disproportionate to the extent of Rs. 4.13 Lakh (approx) to his income from all known sources.
After conducting thorough investigation, CBI had filed charge sheet before the court of Special Judge, CBI Cases, Jabalpur on 25.05.2010 U/s 13 (2) r/w 13 (1) (e) of PC Act, 1988. The Court found the accused guilty and convicted him.
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