{"id":53426,"date":"2018-07-27T13:36:50","date_gmt":"2018-07-27T08:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=53426"},"modified":"2018-07-27T13:36:50","modified_gmt":"2018-07-27T08:06:50","slug":"4-years-jail-to-it-official-in-rs-2-lakh-bribe-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/4-years-jail-to-it-official-in-rs-2-lakh-bribe-case","title":{"rendered":"4 years jail to IT official in Rs 2 lakh bribe case"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_divstory\" class=\"fullstorydivcommentin\">\n<div class=\"fullstorydivstory\">\n<p id=\"pstory\" class=\"fulstorytext\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/64666009.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-attachment-id=\"53192\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/dda-officials-get-4-yrs-ri-for-demanding-bribe-from-dhaba-owner\/attachment\/64666009\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/64666009.jpg?fit=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"400,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"64666009\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/64666009.jpg?fit=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-53192\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/64666009.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/64666009.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/64666009.jpg?resize=133%2C100&amp;ssl=1 133w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/64666009.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Mumbai:<\/b>\u00a0A special court here today convicted an Income Tax official for demanding a bribe of\u00a0Rs 2 lakh from a tax assessee in 2011 and sentenced him to four years rigorous imprisonment.<\/p>\n<p>Daya Shankar, then Income Tax Commissioner (Appeal), was found guilty under the Prevention of Corruption Act by special judge M G Deshpande. He was sentenced to four years in jail and also fined Rs 25,000, special public prosecutor Kavita Patil said.<br \/>\nAccording to the prosecution, the complainant, Haresh Bhawnani, had filed an appeal with Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeal) against an assessment order for additional tax liability of Rs 1,41,41,546 for the year 2008-09.<\/p>\n<p>The case was presented to Shankar who demanded a bribe of Rs 25 lakh from the complainant to reduce the latter&#8217;s tax liability to Rs 2.5 lakh.<br \/>\nThe bribe amount was later reduced to Rs 2 lakh.<br \/>\nBhawnani approached the Anti-Corruption Unit of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on August 23, 2011 which laid a trap and caught Shankar red-handed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fullstorydivcomment\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mumbai:\u00a0A special court here today convicted an Income Tax official for demanding a bribe of\u00a0Rs 2 lakh from a tax assessee in 2011 and sentenced him to four years rigorous imprisonment. Daya Shankar, then Income Tax Commissioner (Appeal), was found guilty under the Prevention of Corruption Act by special judge M G Deshpande. 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