{
 "case_id": "bx-w1005-cbi-01-001",
 "alias_case_ids": [],
 "court_level": "cbi_court",
 "outcome_type": "conviction",
 "victims": [],
 "appeal_status": "none_known",
 "appeal_url": null,
 "source_kind": "press_release",
 "source_agency": "cbi",
 "court_quote": null,
 "verification_status": "V2",
 "service": "civil",
 "government": "union",
 "sections": [],
 "state": "Maharashtra",
 "district": "Jalgaon",
 "trial_court_name": "CBI Court, Aurangabad (Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar)",
 "conviction_date": "2026-09-29",
 "incident_date": null,
 "case_title_or_number": "Jalgaon Income Tax Officer convicted of bribery, CBI Court, Aurangabad (2026)",
 "category": "corruption",
 "subcategory": "bribery_pc_act",
 "officers": [
  {
   "rank": "Income Tax Officer",
   "unit": "Ward 2(2), Income Tax Office, Jalgaon",
   "publish_grade": "unnamed",
   "name": null,
   "name_public": null,
   "display": "Income Tax Officer, Ward 2(2), Income Tax Office, Jalgaon"
  }
 ],
 "sentence": "5 years Rigorous Imprisonment; fine: Rs. 1,50,000",
 "primary_source_url": "https://cbi.gov.in/press-detail/ODA0Mg==",
 "secondary_sources": [
  "https://www.socialnews.xyz/2026/09/30/former-income-tax-officer-gets-five-year-jail-in-rs-40000-bribery-case/"
 ],
 "summary": "A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) press release records that the CBI Court, Aurangabad (Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar) convicted the then Income Tax Officer of Ward 2(2), Jalgaon on 29 September 2026 and sentenced him to five years' rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 1.5 lakh. The CBI alleged that, with a taxpayer's and his wife's returns selected for detailed scrutiny, he demanded an undue advantage for not carrying out a deep scrutiny and for passing favourable assessment orders, and he was caught accepting a bribe of Rs. 40,000 in a trap. The case was registered on 23.09.2016, the chargesheet filed on 28.12.2016 and charges framed on 20.12.2021. This is the agency's account of the court's decision; the official's name is withheld, and any later appeal is not reflected unless noted.",
 "post": "Income Tax Officer",
 "department": "Income Tax Department",
 "conviction_year": 2026,
 "watch": "babuwatch",
 "case_number": "CBI case registered 23.09.2016; case number not stated in the source"
}