Court convicts cop for offering bribe to judge

New Delhi: A

city court

has

convicted

a

Delhi Police officer

and two individuals for offering

bribe

to a

judge

for securing job for one of the accused. The court said the prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt that they had hatched a criminal conspiracy to get the judge accept the money.

Special Judge Kiran Bansal convicted assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Tara Dutt, Mukul Kumar and Ramesh Kumar for offering a bribe of Rs 50,000 to an additional sessions judge, to secure a job of a peon at Delhi district courts for Mukul.

According to the prosecution, the ASI had handed over an envelope with the words “secret” written on it that contained the money and a photocopy of the roll number of Mukul who had to appear for an interview for the post.

TNN