A Delhi court has sentenced an Additional SHO of the Delhi Police to four years in jail for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs. 1 lakh from a murder accused.
Awarding the sentence, Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Kumar said: “Considering all the facts and circumstances, I sentence the convict to rigorous imprisonment for four years.”
The CBI arrested Ram Niwas Yadav near a petrol pump after receiving a complaint from the murder accused, Rao Satbir Singh. The bribe money was recovered from the police officer.
The case
Posted at Chhawla police station in west Delhi, the police officer had contacted the murder accused and offered him pardon in lieu of a bribe. He had initially demanded Rs. 5 lakh, which later came down to Rs. 2 lakh.
Since the complainant did not want to pay the bribe, he lodged a complaint with the CBI.
The police officer
had contacted the murder accused and offered him pardon
in lieu of a bribe
