The Special Judge for Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) cases, Ahmedabad, on Monday sentenced Harish Kishore Gupta, former Divisional Engineer (C) at Bhavnagar DRM Office of the Western Railway (WR) to three-year rigorous imprisonment (RI) and imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh on him for demanding and accepting illegal gratification of Rs 5,000, said a statement from the agency.
The CBI had registered a case on July 15, 2010 against Gupta over allegations of demanding and accepting an illegal gratification of Rs 5,000 from a railway contractor — who is the complainant in the case — for consideration of issuance of a work order amounting to Rs 19,91,432 and to consider the extension of time for the completion of the contract allotted to the said contractor, on March 10, 2010. Gupta was arrested on July 16 that year. Searches were also conducted at his residence and office.
The CBI statement issued on Monday said, “After investigation, the chargesheet was filed on June 29, 2011, for the offence of demanding and accepting illegal gratification and criminal misconduct committed by the accused public servant. After trial, the court found the accused guilty and sentenced him accordingly.”
