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A tribunal connected Saturday sentenced a erstwhile people sub-inspector (SI) of constabulary to 4 years of imprisonment successful a lawsuit booked for taking bribes to merchandise a two-wheeler progressive successful a roadworthy mishap and issuing an FIR copy.
Kollam Special Judge (Vigilance) Mohit C. S sentenced R. Mohanan to 3 years nether Section 7 (offence relating to nationalist servant being bribed) and 4 years nether Section 13 (criminal misconduct by a nationalist servant) of the Prevention of Corruption Act and besides imposed a good of ₹20,000 connected him.
According to the prosecution, led by nationalist authoritative Siju Rajan, Mohanan took ₹1,500 from the complainant to contented an FIR of the roadworthy mishap and ₹2,000 for releasing the two-wheeler progressive successful the incident. He was caught accepting the bribe successful a trap laid by Vigilance officials, the prosecution said.
The prosecution has besides told the tribunal that Mohanan had besides demanded bribes for registering a transgression successful transportation with the mishap and issuing a transcript of the mahazar successful the said matter.
Mohanan, during the trial, had denied the accusations and claimed helium had ne'er taken immoderate bribe during his 30-year-long constabulary service. He had retired from work successful 2016.
After proceeding some sides, the tribunal convicted and sentenced Mohanan (63) for the offences nether the Prevention of Corruption Act, saying that helium accepted the amerciable gratification wrong a constabulary presumption during his work hours and portion successful authoritative uniform.
As the tribunal said the sentences shall tally concurrently, Mohanan volition lone person to service the four-year sentence, with the one- week clip helium was successful judicial custody being acceptable disconnected against the play of imprisonment.
