Graft case: CBI officer who sought Honda City car as bribe convicted in Chandigarh
During the trial, the defence counsels argued that the accused have been falsely implicated by the company, and no such demand was made by the accused.
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The CBI, acting on the complaint of Sharma, lodged a FIR, and later filed chargesheeted Singla’s accomplice, for extortion. (File Photo)The Special CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) Court of Chandigarh on Friday held a CBI inspector guilty in a graft case. The convict, CBI inspector Ravinder Singla had demanded a Honda City car from a company and reportedly obtained bribery worth Rs 4.3 lakh.
The CBI Court of Alka Malik, Additional District and Sessions Judge, convicted Singla, under various sections.
According to the prosecution, Singla was arrested by a CBI team from Delhi on May 26, 2016, after T K Sharma, manager of Nectar Life Sciences Limited, a pharmaceutical company at Sector 9, lodged a complaint against him that the officer was using the company’s Honda City and despite several requests, did not return the car and even threatened to implicate him in a false case if they did not stop demanding their car back from him.
Sharma alleged to the CBI in his complaint that Singla came to his office and demanded a car to go to Delhi to attend a meeting, saying his official vehicle had broken down and then refused to return the car once he returned from the meeting. Singla was then posted in the Special Crime Branch, which deals with several cases referred by the Punjab and Haryana High Court for investigation.
According to the CBI, Singla in conspiracy with other co-accused (Pramod Kumar Gautam (since deceased) and Paramjit Singh demanded gratification other then legal remuneration in the form of Honda City car from Nectar Life Sciences Limited, which was obtained by him for his personal use and also threatened the complainant company to implicate them in a false case. Thereafter, Singla also insisted the complainant company to transfer this vehicle in Singla’s name or in the name of his relatives.
Additionally, Gautam and Paramjit met the official of the company and threatened them regarding some pollution norms violations allegedly committed by the aforementioned company, thereby, they negotiated for a bribe and also obtained an amount of Rs 4.3 lacs from the employee of the accused company on behalf of Singla, the prosecution claimed.
The CBI, acting on the complaint of Sharma, lodged a FIR, and later filed chargesheeted Singla’s accomplice, for extortion.
During the trial, the defence counsels argued that the accused have been falsely implicated by the company, and no such demand was made by the accused.
The court on hearing the arguments and going by the evidence in the case, held Singla guilty, but acquitted Paramjit. The quantum of the sentence will be pronounced on Saturday.
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