Sub-registrar gets 4 yrs for taking bribe
TNN | Jun 8, 2019, 04.56 AM IST
Madurai: A sub-registrar in the Tenkasi sub registrar office was awarded four years jail for demanding bribe from a man for registering a property document. The incident took place in August 2007 when the complainant, M Gandhi Selvin of Tenkasi, approached the then Tenkasi sub-registrar M Santhanamarimuthu.
The accused initially demanded Rs 25,000 as bribe and reduced it to Rs 7,000 due to resistance shown by Gandhi Selvin. The latter however approached the director of vigilance and anti-corruption (DVAC) who gave him chemical-coated currency amounting to Rs 7,000.
On August 24, 2007, DVAC personnel who were hiding at the sub registrar office caught Santhanamarimuthu red-handed when he was accepting the bribe from Gandhi Selvin. He was booked under sections 7, 13(2)2 and 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act. The case was on trial before the Special Court for Trial of Cases Under the Prevention of Corruption Act, Tirunelveli district. On completion of the trial, special court judge S Padma convicted Santhanamarimuthu and sentenced him to four years imprisonment. A fine of Rs 10,000 was also slapped on him.
TNN | Jun 8, 2019, 04.56 AM IST
Madurai: A sub-registrar in the Tenkasi sub registrar office was awarded four years jail for demanding bribe from a man for registering a property document. The incident took place in August 2007 when the complainant, M Gandhi Selvin of Tenkasi, approached the then Tenkasi sub-registrar M Santhanamarimuthu.
The accused initially demanded Rs 25,000 as bribe and reduced it to Rs 7,000 due to resistance shown by Gandhi Selvin. The latter however approached the director of vigilance and anti-corruption (DVAC) who gave him chemical-coated currency amounting to Rs 7,000.
On August 24, 2007, DVAC personnel who were hiding at the sub registrar office caught Santhanamarimuthu red-handed when he was accepting the bribe from Gandhi Selvin. He was booked under sections 7, 13(2)2 and 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act. The case was on trial before the Special Court for Trial of Cases Under the Prevention of Corruption Act, Tirunelveli district. On completion of the trial, special court judge S Padma convicted Santhanamarimuthu and sentenced him to four years imprisonment. A fine of Rs 10,000 was also slapped on him.
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