DDA official jailed for 4 yrs for taking Rs 8,000 bribe
20 Dec 2013 5:07 AM IST
In a warning to corrupt civil servants, a Delhi court has awarded four years imprisonment to a civic body official, convicted for taking bribe of Rs 8,000 for allowing unauthorised construction here, saying the ‘main object of sentence is deterrence’.
Special CBI Judge Sanjeev Jain ordered custody of Shashi Bhanu, who was working as Junior Engineer with Delhi Development Authority (DDA), after holding him guilty under various provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
‘Sentence to a convict (Bhanu) should be proportionate and appropriate in response to the nature, gravity of offence and other circumstances...
‘In the cases of corruption, the main object of sentence is deterrence and prevention of such crimes by way of deterrence. Reformation theory of punishment has comparatively lesser applicability in such cases,’ the court said, adding that Bhanu be ‘sent to jail to undergo the sentence’.
Special CBI Judge Sanjeev Jain ordered custody of Shashi Bhanu, who was working as Junior Engineer with Delhi Development Authority (DDA), after holding him guilty under various provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
‘Sentence to a convict (Bhanu) should be proportionate and appropriate in response to the nature, gravity of offence and other circumstances...
‘In the cases of corruption, the main object of sentence is deterrence and prevention of such crimes by way of deterrence. Reformation theory of punishment has comparatively lesser applicability in such cases,’ the court said, adding that Bhanu be ‘sent to jail to undergo the sentence’.
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