Delhi court sentences MCD official to 4 years in jail for demanding bribe from colleague

A Delhi court has sentenced an official of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to four years in jail for demanding bribe from his colleague to grant him promotion.

Special CBI Judge Anil Kumar Sisodia convicted Sanjeev Kumar, who was working as the assistant commissioner in north MCD, under Section 13 of the Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act. The section deals with offence of criminal misconduct by a public servant.

The court also convicted the 46-year-old official under Section 7 of the PC Act, which deals with offence of public servant taking gratification other than legal remuneration in respect of an official act.

"I am of the considered opinion that the prosecution has succeeded in proving the charges against the accused beyond reasonable doubts. Accordingly, the accused is convicted for the charged offences under section 7 of PC Act and Section 13 (2) read with section 13(1)(d) of PC Act, 1988," the judge said.

He has also imposed a fine of Rs 40,000 on Sanjeev.

The convict sought leniency on the ground that he has three children and aging parents dependent upon him for their livelihood.

The court said, "In the case in hand, the convict is a government servant and what he was found indulged in corruption. However, there are no aggravating circumstances against the convict as he is neither a previous convict nor he is involved in any other criminal case. The convict has three children and aged parents dependent upon him for their livelihood."