Gujarat: Former Rajkot FCI manager, aide get 3-yr RI in 2012 graft case

According to the CBI statement, based on a complaint, the central agency had registered a case against the accused on December 22, 2012. According to the complainant, Patel had demanded and accepted a bribe of Rs 5,000 in lieu of clearing the bills of the firm managed by the complainant.

Solanki had accepted the bribe amount on behalf of Patel, said the CBI statement. Both accused were arrested on December 23, the same year, and searches were also conducted at Patel’s residential and official premises.

The Central Bureau of Investigation filed the chargesheet on September 20, 2013. The chargesheet was filed against the accused persons for “demanding and accepting illegal gratification and criminal misconduct committed by the accused public servant” and against the private person “for abetment of the offence”.
After trial, the court found them guilty and sentenced them accordingly.