Two get 3-yr RI for bid to bribe customs officer

A CBI court has convicted and sentenced to 3 years jail two persons under the Prevention of Corruption Act for abetment of bribery. They had offered a bribe to a customs officer to get their goods released and the customs had filed a complaint. The CBI had charged the duo, M S Jagarwal and H M Ajmera, in 2018. After the sentencing, they were taken into custody and they sought bail, which both got for Rs 5,000 each.

- Swati Deshpande 

Mumbai: A special CBI court has convicted and sentenced to three years’ rigorous imprisonment two persons under section 12 of the Prevention of Corruption Act (PCA) for abetment of an offence of bribery. They had offered a bribe to a customs officer to get their goods released and the customs filed a complaint. The CBI had charged the duo, M S Jagarwal and H M Ajmera, in 2018.

Special judge A S Sayyed passed the verdict on September 29 after the trial during which CBI public prosecutor Sandeep Singh examined prosecution witnesses and presented evidence and advocates Mahesh Vaswani and Jagdish Shetty, as defence counsel, argued about lack of evidence and denied the charges.