Former Member of Parliament RK Rana of Rashtriya Janata Dal along with nine others, convicted earlier on Friday, was pronounced sentences by a Special CBI court in Ranchi.
A maximum of six year and a minimum of four year imprisonment terms were awarded to them. A fine ranging between the tunes of Rs 10 lakh to Rs 1 lakh were slapped on the convicts. Rana was sentenced imprisonment for 5 years as well as a fine of Rs 2.5 lakh. The case was related to fraudulent withdrawal of around Rs 37 lakh from Godda treasury in 1995-96.
The then Regional Director of Dumka OP Diwakar and TVO (Mobile) Ajit Kumar Sinha were awarded maximum sentence of six years.
“The special CBI court Sita Ram Prasad today, awarded sentence in the fodder case number RC 33A/96 to the 10 persons, convicted on Friday by the same court. OP Diwakar and Ajit Kumar Sinha were sentenced rigorous imprisonment for a maximum period of six years. A fine of Rs 10 lakh each has also been slapped on them. In case they fail to pay the fine, the imprisonment will continue for more three months,” said CBI Counsel Shiv Kumar ‘Kaka’.
While former MP RK Rana and the then Public Accounts Committee Chairman Dhruv Bhagat were sentenced to five year imprisonment as well as a fine of Rs 2.5 lakh. Accounts Officer Braj Bhushan Prasad, Treasury Office Rakesh Kumar Sinha and Supplier Rajesh Kumar Sinha were awarded imprisonment of 5 years. Prasad will also have to pay a fine of Rs 5 lakh while Rakesh Kumar Sinha and Rajesh Kumar Sinha have been slapped a fine of Rs 4 lakh and 2 lakh respectively.
“Rana had also been convicted earlier in the fodder scam case number RC 22A/96, while Bhagat was convicted for the first time in the fodder scam case on Monday,” said Kaka.
Bhanukar Dube and Balkrishna Dube, both Treasury Assistants were awarded a minimum of 4 years of imprisonment and a fine Rs 1 lakh each have also been slapped on them.
These persons have been found guilty by the CBI under sections 420, 467, 468 and 461 of Indian Penal Code as well as under section 13(2) and 1(D) of Prevention of Corruption act.
Fodder scam case RC 33A/96 pertained to withdrawing Rs 37 lakhs illegally from Godda treasury against actual allocation of Rs 1 lakh in the year1996 within a period of three years.
Girish Kumar Sinha and Mahendra Prasad, both were acquitted on Friday by the same court as the CBI could not gather sufficient evidences against them.