Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Oct 22: A special CBI court sentenced a former central excise superintendent to four years of rigorous imprisonment for demanding and accepting a Rs 1,500 bribe from a young entrepreneur in 2016 in exchange for issuing a service tax registration number.
Special judge Sanjay K Kulkarni convicted Subhash Devidasrao Ingole, then posted with the central excise, customs and service tax department’s Nanded range, under sections 7 [taking gratification] and 13(1)(d) [criminal misconduct prior to 2018 amendment] read with Section 13(2) [punishment] of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.
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