Honorable IInd Additional Special Judge for SPE & ACB Cases, Hyderabad pronounced judgment in a trap case on Saturday convicting Tautam Rajeshwar, Assistant Engineer, Irrigation Department, Warangal district to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of Six months and to pay a fine of Rs. 5000 and in default to suffer simple imprisonment for three months for the offence punishable under section 7 of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. The accused was also sentenced to undergo on rigorous imprisonment for one year and to pay a fine of Rs. 5000 and in default of payment of fine, to suffer simple imprisonment for six months for the offence punishable under Section 13(1)(d) read with section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. Both the sentences were ordered to run concurrently.
Earlier, he was trapped by the officials of ACB on 23.09.2006 when he demanded and accepted bribe of Rs. 10,000 from the complainant for doing official favor recording in Measurement Book and to prepare the bill for the contract work.
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