Delhi's Rouse Avenue court pronounced four years' jail for a Traffic Police officer in a bribe case. Special Judge Deepali Sharma sentenced Delhi Traffic Police ASI Yatendra Kumar to four years imprisonment for taking a bribe. The Special Judge also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on the culprit.
She said that corruption is one of the biggest obstacles in the progress of the country. The Prevention of Corruption Act was implemented to ensure transparency and honesty in public life, and this case shows how a public servant misused his official position to intimidate and demand bribe from a common citizen for personal gain.
The court said that it is necessary to give strict punishment in such cases so that accountability is maintained among public servants and corruption is stopped.
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Complainant driver Munna told the court that on 19 August 2016, at around 3:30 am, when he reached Pul Mithai Chowk in Azad Market with an empty tempo, ASI Yatendra Kumar and other policemen stopped him. After this, he was asked to get down from the vehicle and was threatened that if he does not pay a bribe of Rs 3,000, his vehicle would be confiscated.
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In another development, the Delhi High Court directed the state government to reconsider the cancellation of the remission granted to a life convict, stressing the need to follow principles of natural justice.
The remission was revoked following the convict's arrest in an attempted murder case.
"The liberty of a person cannot be curtailed through administrative fiat without affording procedural safeguards. Since the cancellation of remission results in the convict's re-committal to custody, the consequence is serious enough to require strict adherence to natural justice," the High Court referred to the judgment of the Supreme Court in the Mafabhai Motibhai Sagar case.
Justice Sanjeev Narula, while directing reconsideration, asked the authorities to issue a show cause notice to the Convict and give him an opportunity before passing an order.
Petitioner Sonu Sonkar has approached the High Court challenging the cancellation on the grounds that he was not given an opportunity to be heard before the order cancelling his remission was passed.
The High Court noted that the Supreme Court has categorically held that any decision to revoke remission must comply with due process and must be preceded by the issuance of a show cause notice, disclosing the grounds for cancellation and granting the convict an opportunity to respond and be heard.
(With Input from ANI)