Spl Vigilance Court convicts senior engineer, wife in DA case

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Press Trust of India Bhubaneswar
Last Updated : Mar 31 2016 | 7:33 PM IST
A special Vigilance court here today convicted a senior engineer and his wife in a disproportionate assets case and sentenced them to three years' and one year imprisonment respectively.
Special Vigilance Court judge Balakrushna Mohapatra awarded three years' imprisonment to Executive Engineer Jagannth Mohini after convicting him under section 13 (1) of Prevention of Corruption Act while his wife Ranubala Mohini was held guilty under section 109 (punishment for abetment of an offence) of IPC.
The court has also imposed a penalty of Rs 10 lakh on Jagannath Mohini.
The convict would have to undergo a jail term for 20 more months in case of the default in payment of the fine amount, the order said.
The court awarded one year simple imprisonment for Renubala Mohini on the charge of assisting her husband in corrupt practice.
The court also slapped a penalty of Rs 1 lakh on Renubala and in case of default in payment of fine, the convict would undergo jail term for another six months, said Special Vigilance counsel Sunil Kumar Pati.
Jagannth Mohini, while working in Rural Works Department as Executive Engineer in Koraput, came under the vigilance scanner in 2005.
His houses were raided and properties worth Rs 54 lakh were detected.
The court found that properties to the tune of Rs 35.45 lakh were disproportionate to his known sources of income.
At present, Jagannath is working as Execuitive Engineer posted in Rayagada district.
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First Published: Mar 31 2016 | 7:33 PM IST

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