{"id":58250,"date":"2019-12-12T12:16:05","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T06:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=58250"},"modified":"2019-12-12T12:16:05","modified_gmt":"2019-12-12T06:46:05","slug":"maharashtra-bjp-corporator-gets-5-yr-ri-in-bribery-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/maharashtra-bjp-corporator-gets-5-yr-ri-in-bribery-case","title":{"rendered":"Maharashtra: BJP corporator gets 5-yr RI in bribery case."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/12\/5-yr-RI-in-bribery-case.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"58257\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/maharashtra-bjp-corporator-gets-5-yr-ri-in-bribery-case\/5-yr-ri-in-bribery-case\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/12\/5-yr-RI-in-bribery-case.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"259,194\" 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=\"5-yr RI in bribery case\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/12\/5-yr-RI-in-bribery-case.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/12\/5-yr-RI-in-bribery-case.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-58257\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/12\/5-yr-RI-in-bribery-case.jpg?resize=259%2C194&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/12\/5-yr-RI-in-bribery-case.jpg?w=259&amp;ssl=1 259w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/12\/5-yr-RI-in-bribery-case.jpg?resize=134%2C100&amp;ssl=1 134w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><\/a>A BJP corporator was on Wednesday sentenced to five years&#8217; rigorous imprisonment by a court here in Maharashtra for taking bribe in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>District Judge (special Anti-Corruption Bureau cases) P P Jadhav pronounced Varsha Bhanushali, the corporator in the BJP-ruled Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC) of Thane district, guilty under provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act.<\/p>\n<p>The court also imposed a fine of Rs five lakh on her, additional public prosecutor Vivek Kadu said.<\/p>\n<p>On June 6, 2014, Bhanushali, who then represented ward 14-B of the MBMC, demanded Rs 1.6 lakh from a shopkeeper to arrange permission to increase the height of his shop.<\/p>\n<p>It was agreed that he would pay Rs 50,000 as the first installment.<\/p>\n<p>The aggrieved shopkeeper approached the Anti- Corruption Bureau, which laid a trap and caught Bhanushali while accepting Rs 50,000, the prosecution told the court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A BJP corporator was on Wednesday sentenced to five years&#8217; rigorous imprisonment by a court here in Maharashtra for taking bribe in 2014. 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