Dr Arjun Kumar Panda, Medicine Specialist, District Headquarters Hospital, Keonjhar, has been sentenced to undergo rigorous
imprisonment for two years and pay a fine of Rs 2,000, in default of payment of the fine to undergo RI for two months more on one of the charges against him in a case of corruption.
The Special Judge, Vigilance, Keonjhar, in his judgment on Tuesday further sentenced Dr Panda to undergo RI for one year and pay a fine of Rs 1,000, in default to undergo RI one month on another charge. Both the sentences are to run concurrently.
Dr Panda had demanded and accepted bribe of Rs 750 from Chandrabhanu Mohanta of Jhimiripalli under Pallahara police station in Angul district to hand over the Medical Attendant Certificate in respect of his deceased uncle Ratnakar Mohanta, who expired in the District Headquarters Hospital, Keonjhar, during treatment.