RAJKOT: A 61-year-old retired police constable, Amrat Makwana, was sentenced to 5 years in jail and fined Rs 10,000 by principal district and periods decide D P Mahida in Morbi on Saturday, after being discovered responsible of demanding a bribe of Rs 500 to course of the police verification of a passport applicant in 2014.
In response to the case particulars, the complainant’s sister-in-law had utilized for a passport on the Passport Seva Kendra (PSK) in Rajkot as she needed to hitch her husband who was settled in an African nation.After doc verification, the passport workplace initiated the police verification.
On March 17, 2014, the applicant met Makwana at Maliya police station, the place he accomplished the inquiry process, stuffed within the kind and received her signature. “After the process, Makwana requested the applicant to submit a passport-sized image and Rs 500. When requested in regards to the Rs 500, Makwana advised her if she did not pay it, she would not get her passport.”
The applicant’s brother-in-law knowledgeable the anti-corruption bureau (ACB) and a lure was set during which Makwana was caught red-handed accepting the bribe.
District authorities pleader Vijay Jani acknowledged, “We submitted 35 items of documentary proof and 7 oral testimonies to help our case. Makwana was convicted below two sections and the courtroom sentenced him to 5 years imprisonment for every. Nevertheless, the sentences will run concurrently.”
Makwana, who retired from police service three years in the past, was despatched to jail after the sentencing.
