UT police’s head constable held guilty in bribery case

The case dates back to 2017, when Ram Kumar who was posted as a head constable at the Sarangpur police station, was booked by the CBI.

According to the prosecution, Ram Kumar was held in May 2017, by the sleuths of the CBI while accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 from a woman, who was named in a FIR of voluntarily causing grievous hurt. The policeman was taking the bribe for not taking any action against the woman, whose husband Shiv Nath had already been arrested in the case. The complainant and her husband were booked for assaulting their relative on March 3. The FIR was registered at the Sarangpur police station and the investigation was being conducted by Ram Kumar.

The CBI claimed that Ram Kumar demanded Rs 18,000 from the complainant but later the deal was struck for Rs 10,000. When the constable went to take the bribe amount, the CBI sleuths reached the spot and caught the cop and recovered the bribe money from him. The policeman was caught from a residential area in Sarangpur.

During the trial in court, the defence counsel argued that the accused had been falsely implicated in the case and had no involvement in the matter.

The court, however, after hearing the arguments, held the accused guilty.

“The convict be taken in judicial custody and be produced before this court on that day at 10 am sharp. His custody warrant be prepared accordingly,” read the order by the Court of Special CBI Judge, Alka Malik, Additional District and Sessions Judge.