S.C. No.34/2002; Cr. No.5/2000
The Karnataka Lokayukta's annual report for 2008-09 records that the Special Judge's Court, Bellary convicted a Range Forest Officer, Forest Department (Forest Mobile Squad, Bellary), on 26 March 2009 (S.C. No.34/2002; Cr. No.5/2000). The conviction was for bribery, under 7; 13(1)(d) r/w 13(2) Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. The sentence recorded is: Simple imprisonment one year (s.7); simple imprisonment two years (s.13(1)(d)); sentences to run concurrently; fine: Rs.5,000 + Rs.5,000. 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 →Special Judge's Court, Bellary convicted the accused public servant on 26 March 2009. No appeal is known from the cited sources.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: Simple imprisonment one year (s.7); simple imprisonment two years (s.13(1)(d)); sentences to run concurrently; fine: Rs.5,000 + Rs.5,000
Sections: 7; 13(1)(d) r/w 13(2) Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
Appeal status
No appeal known.