Tarn Taran Patwari convicted of bribery, Additional Sessions Judge, Tarn Taran (2019)
A Punjab Vigilance Bureau press note records that the Additional Sessions Judge, Tarn Taran convicted a Patwari, Revenue Department, Tarn Taran district, in January 2019. The conviction was for bribery, under Prevention of Corruption Act (section numbers not stated). The sentence recorded is: 3 years and 4 years imprisonment under two different sections; fine: Rs. 5,000. 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. Verification level V1: the name and conviction wording are matched in the source entry, but the date or case number shown is as extracted from the entry and was not matched in the cited passage.
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How verification works →Additional Sessions Judge, Tarn Taran convicted the accused public servant on January 2019. No appeal is known from the cited sources.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: 3 years and 4 years imprisonment under two different sections; fine: Rs. 5,000
Sections: Prevention of Corruption Act (section numbers not stated)
Appeal status
No appeal known.