FOUR YEARS RIGOROUS IMPRISONMENT TO THEN DIRECTOR(AN IA&AS OFFICER) OF AUDIT DEPARTMENT AND THREE YEARS RI TO THEN ASSISTANT SURGEON OF GOVERNMENT PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRE IN A BRIBERY CASE
The Principal Special Judge for CBI Cases, Chennai (Tamil Nadu) has sentenced Shri A.Paramasivam (IA&AS), then Director, AMG-II, in the Office of Director General of Audit, Central Expenditure, New Delhi to undergo 04 years Rigorous Imprisonment with fine of Rs.10,000/- and Shri Shivram Thilagar, then Assistant Surgeon, Government Primary Health Centre,Kanchipuram(Tamil Nadu) to undergo 03 years Rigorous Imprisonment with fine of Rs.5000/- in a bribery case.
CBI had registered a case against the accused on the allegations that Shri A. Paramasivam, then Director had demanded a bribe of Rs.5 Lakh from Complainant representing a MIOT College of Nursing to settle the deficiencies noticed during the audit and inspection conducted on the records of said Nursing college. It was also alleged that Shri Paramasivam asked the Complainant to hand over the bribe amount to Shri Sivaram Thilagar (brother-in-Law of Shri Paramasivam). CBI laid a trap and caught the accused red handed while demanding & accepting the bribe.
After investigation, a chargesheet was filed. The Trial Court found the said accused guilty and convicted them.