{"id":5226,"date":"2010-05-14T19:30:24","date_gmt":"2010-05-14T14:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=5226"},"modified":"2010-05-14T19:30:24","modified_gmt":"2010-05-14T14:00:24","slug":"apex-court-lawyer-gets-five-year-jail-for-graft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/apex-court-lawyer-gets-five-year-jail-for-graft","title":{"rendered":"Apex court lawyer gets five-year jail for graft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Meghalaya Thursday sentenced a Supreme Court lawyer, Halida Khatoon, to five years in jail on charges of trying to tamper with evidence in a corruption case against her.<\/p>\n<p>Special Judge S.R. Sen also fined Khatoon Rs.5,000 for bribing a CBI constable Rs.1 lakh in exchange for documentary evidences in a case against her for submitting forged bills amounting to Rs.8.5 lakh to the Indian Council for Agriculture Research (ICAR) in 1996 showing as her legal fees.<\/p>\n<p>In his judgment, Sen said: \u201cThe most distressing (feature) of corruption in India is that it is not any more confined to politicians or the government machinery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiving and accepting bribes has become almost a fashion of modern materialistic life. But it really hurts when the corruption is in the form of bribe, being indulged in by a person who is a lawyer, whose motto in life should have been honesty, integrity and character,\u201d Sen said.<\/p>\n<p>The then director of ICAR-North East Hill Region had filed a case against Khatoon for giving \u201cinflated bills\u201d with regard to her fees.<\/p>\n<p>On April 23, 2002, Khatoon was caught by CBI officers while trying to bribe a CBI constable.<\/p>\n<p>The special court also charged Khatoon with attempting to destroy vital evidence against her.<\/p>\n<p>Khatoon\u2019s lawyer said they would appeal to the Gauhati High Court against the ruling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Meghalaya Thursday sentenced a Supreme Court lawyer, Halida Khatoon, to five years in jail on charges of trying to tamper with evidence in a corruption case against her. Special Judge S.R. 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