The Vigilance Additional Special Judge here on Wednesday convicted former Additional Inspector General (AIG) of Police Baidyanath Jena for criminal misconduct and cheating the Government by executing a false adoption deed and obtaining pecuniary advantage by using the deed as genuine, thereby causing wrongful loss to the Government.
The judge sentenced him to undergo two years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) and to pay a fine of Rs 10,000 on each count and, in default, to undergo four more months of RI on each default.
Previously, Jena had also been convicted in a Vigilance case for possession of disproportionate assets and his disproportionate property was confiscated by the Special Court Authorised Officer on December 28, 2012.