Three govt officials convicted in ACB cases

Hyderabad, Apr 21: Special Judge for ACB Cases,Visakhapatnam, has sentenced Senior Assistant in the office of Vizianagaram District Educational Officer Manem Ramam to one-year rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rupees 1,000 for the offences under section 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d) of the P.C. Act, 1988.In case of default in payment of fine, the accused would have to undergo simple imprisonment for four months. The judge also ordered a six-month rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 500 and in default of payment of fine to suffer simple imprisonment for 2 months under section 7 of The P.C.Act, 1988. Both the sentences were ordered to run concurrently, a press release here said. Earlier, the accused was trapped by ACB officials on December 3, 2004 when he accepted bribe of Rs 8,000 from a Secondary Grade Teacher of Purryavalasa Village, Cheepurupalli Mandal,Vizianagaram District for regularization of the suspension period of the complainant. Meanwhile, the Special Judge for SPE and ACB Cases at Vijayawada sentenced Former Gorantla Village Panchayat Secretary K Subba Reddy and Village Sarpanch B.China Sivaiah to undergo simple imprisonment for one year and fine of Rs 2,000/- each u/s 13(1) r/w 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. The judge also ordered simple imprisonment for six months and to pay a fine of Rs. 1,000/- each under section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. Earlier, they were trapped by ACB officials on February 26, 2005 when they accepted bribe of Rs 7,000 from the complainant.
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