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BJP MLA Narendra Mehta acquitted of bribery charges

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Sitting BJP MLA Narendra Mehta from Mira-Bhayander Assembly constituency in Thane district was today acquitted in a 14-year-old case of bribery by a court here. Special Judge V V Bambarde of the district court let off the legislator after the prosecution failed to prove beyond all doubts the case against the accused who allegedly demanded […]

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Ex-Central Excise officer gets jail in graft case

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A Thane court today sentenced a retired Central Excise officer to one year rigorous imprisonment in a 2005 bribery case. District Judge M M Walimohammed found Ravindra Shete (60), then posted as sub-inspector, guilty of accepting bribe under relevant sections of Prevention of Corruption Act and sentenced him to one year jail. He was also convicted […]

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Court extends police remand of IAS, RAS officer

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A court today extended till June 8 the police remand of suspended IAS officer Neeraj K Pawan and Rajasthan Administrative Service officer Anil Kumar Agarwal who were arrested by anti-corruption bureau in connection with a bribery case involving Rs 1.5 crore. “Both of them were produced in the ACB court where the magistrate extended their police […]

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Police official held guilty in a 2013 bribery case

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A court here has held a Delhi police official guilty of demanding and accepting Rs 10,000 bribe from a person for releasing his impounded car. Special CBI Judge Brijesh Kumar Garg convicted head constable Dev Raj under Prevention of Corruption Act for accepting bribe from complainant Narinder Singh in 2013 as a favour to release […]

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Bribery case: IAS, RAS officers remanded to pc

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IAS officer Neeraj K Pawan and RAS officer Anil Kumar Agrawal, who were arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau of Rajasthan in connection with a bribery case involving Rs 1.5 crore, were today remanded to police custody till June 4. The accused, who were arrested yesterday, were produced in a special court of Anti-Corruption Bureau where […]

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Spl public prosecutor withdraws from Louis Berger bribery case

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The special public prosecutor representing the state inLouis Berger bribery scandal in Goa has decided to withdraw from appearing in the case. In a letter written to Superintendent of Police (Crime Branch), Special Public Prosecutor Rajiv Gomes noted that a complaint of dual nationality registered against him with Margao police has been transferred to Crime […]

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GRP officers sentenced to 4 yrs’ RI in bribery case

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An anti-corruption court here has sentenced two Government Railway Police (GRP) officers to four years of rigorous imprisonment in a 14-year-old bribery case. Anti-corruption court judge Raghvendra Kachwal on Friday sentenced the then Kota GRP Circle Inspector Dashrath Lal Meena and SI Noor Mohammad to four years of rigorous imprisonment. The judge also imposed a […]

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IAS officer deposes before court in bribery case

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Senior IAS officer Santosh Yadav today deposed before a court here in connection with a bribery case, registered when he was the district magistrate of Muzaffarnagar. Yadav was examined as a witness in the case. Additional sessions judge Rajbir Singh adjourned the matter till October 21 for further hearing. According to the prosecution, executive engineer […]

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Bribery case: Court rejects bail plea of Churchill Alemao

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The bail application of former PWD minister Churchill Alemao who was arrested in connection with the Louis Berger bribery scam, was rejected the second time by the special court in Panaji on Monday. The special judge BP Deshpande, pronounced an order in open court. Alemao was arrested on August 5 and has been in custody […]

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Bribery case: Former CM Kamat gets anticipatory bail

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A local court of Goa, on Wednesday granted anticipatory bail to Goa’s former Chief Minister Digambar Kamat in connection with the Louis Berger bribery case. District Judge B P Deshpande, while granting bail to Kamat, also asked him to furnish a surety of Rs one lakh. The court also asked the 61-year-old Congress leader not to […]

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Court rejects Churchill Alemao’s bail plea

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A local court on Monday rejected the bail plea of Goa’s former Public Works Department Minister Churchill Alemao arrested in connection with the Louis Berger bribery case. District Judge B P Deshpande rejected the bail application of Alemao. Alemao was arrested on the night of August 5 by the state Crime Branch. He was the state […]

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Maha PWD officials arrested in bribery case get bail

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The sessions court here on Friday granted bail to two Public Works Department officials, facing bribery charges, on personal bonds of Rs 50 lakh each. Judge KK Tantrapale directed that both the accused should report at the Anti-Corruption Bureau office from Monday to Saturday next week between 10 am and 6 pm. Later, they would […]

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