Puducherry Junior Engineer convicted of bribery, Principal District Judge, Puducherry (2012)
A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) press release records that the Principal District Judge, Puducherry convicted a Junior Engineer, Public Works Department (PWD), Puducherry, on 14 December 2012. The conviction was for bribery, under Section 7 of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988; Section 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. The sentence recorded is: five years Rigorous Imprisonment; fine: Rs. 50,000. The date given is the date of the agency's release; the judgment date is not stated separately. 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.
This page documents a trial-court conviction from the cited sources below. It is not a High Court or Supreme Court finding; the conviction may have been appealed. Findings are attributed to the convicting court; this record does not add findings of its own.
How verification works →Principal District Judge, Puducherry convicted the accused public servant on 14 December 2012. No appeal is known from the cited sources.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: five years Rigorous Imprisonment; fine: Rs. 50,000
Sections: Section 7 of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988; Section 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
Appeal status
No appeal known.