National News- Three years imprisonment to then executive engineer of BSNL

And two years imprisonment to then superintendent of central excise & customs in separate cases of bribery
New Delhi/Jalandhar, September 27, 2013: The Special Judge for CBI cases, Visakhapatnam has convicted Sri Rakesh Prasad Yadav(ITS: 1998), then Executive Engineer (Electrical), BSNL, Electrical Division, Chuttugunta, Vijayawada, Krishna District(Andhra Pradesh) in a bribery case and sentenced him to undergo three years Simple Imprisonment with fine of Rs. 20,000.
The investigation revealed that the accused was caught red handed while demanding & accepting a bribe of Rs.3,000 from the Complainant (an Electrical Contractor of Vijayawada) for recommending Extension of Time (EOT) and for effecting the final payment of the bill related to the work of Electrical Installations & other works executed by his firm.
After conducting regular trial, the Court pronounced judgement convicting the accused person Sri Rakesh Prasad Yadav, for the offences U/s. 7 & 13(2) r/w. 13(1)(d) of PC Act, 1988.  
In another case, the Special Judge for CBI cases Mirzapur, Ahmedabad has convicted Jayantilal Kalidas Patel, then Superintendent of Central Excise & Customs, Vadodara U/s. 7 and 13(2) r/w 13 (1) (d) of PC Act 1988, and sentenced him to undergo two years Simple Imprisonment  with total fine of  Rs. 15,000 in a bribery case.
CBI had registered a case on October 19, 2000 against Jayantilal Kalidas Patel, then Superintendent of Central Excise & Customs, Range-IV, Division-III, Vadodara. Initially, the accused demanded illegal gratification of Rs.5,000. He was caught red handed for demanding & accepting a bribe of Rs.1,500 from the complainant as first installment for clearing the pending defacement of the Invoice of his firms. A charge sheet in the case was filed on November 24, 2000.
The Trial Court found the accused guilty and convicted him.