VB June-2019 monthly round-up: 'Vigilance nabs 13 officials, 2 private persons in 12 bribery cases during June; Seven officials sentenced by special courts' (decided June 2019, released 8 July 2019)
Per the Punjab Vigilance Bureau's official June-2019 monthly round-up (released 8 July 2019), ASI, posted at Patiala, was convicted and sentenced to 3 years imprisonment with Rs 20,000 fine by the Additional Sessions Judge, Patiala, in a bribery case contested by the Bureau and decided in June 2019. The release does not [name withheld] the FIR number, trap date, or PC Act sections. The same VB release was carried verbatim by Social Observer, corroborating the release text; no appeal record found (appeal_status none_known).
This page documents a trial-court conviction from the cited sources below. It is not a High Court or Supreme Court finding; the conviction may have been appealed. Findings are attributed to the convicting court; this record does not add findings of its own.
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By judgment in June 2019, the Additional Sessions Judge, Patiala convicted the ASI, posted at Patiala.
- Register number
- PB 11 CW 0006
- Case reference
- Bribery case decided June 2019 (Additional Sessions Judge, Patiala; FIR/case number not stated in VB release); reported in the judgment of the Punjab and Haryana High Court
- Court and date
- The Additional Sessions Judge, Patiala, 2019-06
- Officer(s) at the material time
- ASI, posted at Patiala
- Present service status
- Not ascertained from the cited sources.
- Provisions invoked
- Section (bribery; exact sections not stated in VB release) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
- Finding of the Court (extract)
- “[name withheld] ASI posted at Patiala has also been convicted and sentenced with 3 years imprisonment and fine of Rs. 20,000/- by the Additional Session Judge, Patiala.”
- Verdict, sentence and quantum
- Conviction recorded by the trial court. Sentence: 3 years imprisonment (rigorous/simple not stated in release)
- Present status of the proceedings
- No appeal is known from the cited sources.
Compiled from the judgment and the cited sources. Findings are those of the court; this card adds none of its own.
Additional Sessions Judge, Patiala convicted the accused police personnel on June 2019. No appeal is known from the cited sources.
Sentence & charges
Sentence: 3 years imprisonment (rigorous/simple not stated in release)
Sections: PC Act 1988 (bribery; exact sections not stated in VB release)
Appeal status
No appeal known.