Mohali Additional Sessions Judge Parminder Pal Singh has convicted Junior Assistant of Punjab State Ware Housing Corporation (PSWHC) in embezzlement case and sentenced to six-year imprisonment besides imposing Rs 60,000 fine.
In another case, Amritsar Additional Sessions Judge Navjot Sohal has awarded one-year imprisonment besides Rs 5,000 fine on a Amritsar-resident in a bribery case. “The court has convicted accused Subash Chander — PSWHC junior assistant at Qadian in Gurdaspur district — in 2005 case,” said an official spokesperson of the Vigilance Bureau. The case was registered at Vigilance Bureau’s FS-I Police Station under section 409 of the Indian Penal Code “for six years imprisonment and Rs 60,000 fine and if fine is not paid, then additional imprisonment extended for nine more months”.
Similarly, under section 13 (1) (d), four years imprisonment and Rs 40,000 fine and if fine not paid, then six months additional imprisonment extended by six months. “This case was registered since the accused had caused loss to the State exchequer amounting to Rs 1,73,81,994 by misappropriating bags full of wheat and empty bags,” he added. “In another case, Niranjan Singh, resident of Amritsar’s Akalgarh Dhapaiya, has been awarded one year imprisonment and Rs 5,000 fine in a bribery case,” said the spokesperson.