Former JE, MID Sopore convicted, sentenced The Court of Addl. Special Judge, Anti-Corruption, Kashmir today convicted one Altaf Ahmad, then Junior Engineer, Mechanical Irrigation Division Sopore and sentenced him to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of 02 years and fine of Twenty thousand rupees for commission of offence punishable under Sections 5(2) r/w 5(1)(c) P.C. Act. Svt. 2006 and in default of payment of fine rigorous imprisonment for a period of six months; three years rigorous imprisonment and fine of Rupees Thirty thousand for offence punishable under section 409 R.P.C and in default of payment of fine rigorous imprisonment for a period of six months. The case was registered with Police Station, Vigilance Organization, Kashmir on 25-01-1999 in consequence to a preliminary enquiry and it was proved during investigation that the accused then Junior Engineer posted in Mechanical Irrigation Division Sopore had taken 53 GI Pipes of 4” dia temporary for digging the tube wells in 1993 and never deposited the said pipes back in the store of department but misappropriated the same. The value of the misappropriated pipes was revealed to be amounting to Rs.1.84 lacs. The investigation in the instant case was closed as Proved and challan was produced before Court on 19.12.2002. After a marathon trial of about eleven long years, the Court has convicted the accused and sent him to Central Jail, Srinagar for undergoing the sentence.
Posted on: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 13:32:00 +0000
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