Jodhpur ACB Court: An officer has been sentenced to three years in jail for bribery of an Income Tax officer 5 years after his retirement. The matter is of Jodhpur. Where the ACB court docket of Jodhpur has sentenced a retired Income Tax officer to three years in jail in a bribery case. The retired officer who was sentenced to jail has been recognized as Rajendra Singh, the then Income Tax Officer of Jodhpur. Rajendra Singh is initially a resident of Gopalwadi, Jagatpura space of Jaipur. Rajendra Singh was posted as Income Tax Officer in Jodhpur in 2010. Then on the identical time an Income Tax officer was caught taking a bribe of Rs 1.21 lakh.
Two out of 4 accused sentenced, two acquitted
It was instructed that Rajendra Singh had taken this bribe in return for not conducting the revenue tax survey of jewellers. In this case, the court docket has sentenced one other particular person to three years easy imprisonment. There have been complete 4 accused on this case. Two have been acquitted giving the advantage of doubt. Two others have been discovered responsible.
Took bribe of Rs 1.21 lakh in 2010
ACB Assistant Director Prosecution Dinesh Tiwari gave details about this complete episode of bribery. He instructed that Omprakash Soni, Manakchand and Ghanshyam Soni, house owners of Sudarshan Jewelers situated at Ghodon Ka Chowk in Jodhpur, had filed a grievance within the ACB on March 31, 2010 in opposition to the then Income Tax Inspector Rajendra Singh Sisodia.
These individuals instructed within the grievance that Rajendra Singh Sisodia had requested for a bribe of Rs 2 lakh in return for not conducting the revenue tax survey of his store. The deal was finalized for Rs 1 lakh 21 thousand. The day after the grievance (1 April 2010) the cash was given to Vijay Soni at Ashoka Jewelers in Ghodo Ka Chowk. Prakash Soni went to Vijay to take cash.
Retired in 2019
Income tax officer Rajendra Singh, arrested in a bribery case, was retired by the central authorities in 2019. Now, after 5 years of retirement, he has been sentenced to a few years imprisonment. In the 12 months 2010, he was working as Income Tax Officer TDS II in Jodhpur. The lawyer stated that now Sisodia can attraction in opposition to the choice within the High Court for postponement of the sentence for a month. In case the sentence shouldn’t be postponed, he should go to jail.
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