Odisha: Dismissed IAS officer will get three years rigorous imprisonment
By Express News Service
BHUBANESWAR: A Vigilance courtroom right here on Monday awarded three years rigorous imprisonment (RI) to dismissed IAS officer Vinod Kumar and 4 others in reference to a mortgage fraud case.
Special Judge Vigilance Court in Bhubaneswar convicted then managing director of Odisha Rural Housing and Development Corporation (OHRDC) Limited Vinod Kumar, firm secretary Swosti Ranjan Mohapatra, mortgage restoration assistant Umesh Chandra Swain and companions of Home Lives Housing Rashmi Pattanaik and Ratan Kumar Sahoo. The courtroom additionally imposed a positive of Rs 50,000 on the convicts.
If the convicts don’t pay the positive then they must bear additional rigorous imprisonment for a interval of six months on every depend for the offences beneath sections 120B and 468 of IPC.
“As Kumar, Mohapatra and Swain were public servants, they were also awarded three years imprisonment and a fine of Rs 50,000 was imposed on them. If the convicts fail to pay the fine then they will have to undergo further rigorous imprisonment of six months for the offences under Sections 13(2) and 13(1)(d) of Prevention of Corruption Act,” mentioned Special Public Prosecutor Hemanta Kumar Swain.
All the sentences will run concurrently, he mentioned.
BHUBANESWAR: A Vigilance courtroom right here on Monday awarded three years rigorous imprisonment (RI) to dismissed IAS officer Vinod Kumar and 4 others in reference to a mortgage fraud case.
Special Judge Vigilance Court in Bhubaneswar convicted then managing director of Odisha Rural Housing and Development Corporation (OHRDC) Limited Vinod Kumar, firm secretary Swosti Ranjan Mohapatra, mortgage restoration assistant Umesh Chandra Swain and companions of Home Lives Housing Rashmi Pattanaik and Ratan Kumar Sahoo. The courtroom additionally imposed a positive of Rs 50,000 on the convicts.
If the convicts don’t pay the positive then they must bear additional rigorous imprisonment for a interval of six months on every depend for the offences beneath sections 120B and 468 of IPC.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
“As Kumar, Mohapatra and Swain were public servants, they were also awarded three years imprisonment and a fine of Rs 50,000 was imposed on them. If the convicts fail to pay the fine then they will have to undergo further rigorous imprisonment of six months for the offences under Sections 13(2) and 13(1)(d) of Prevention of Corruption Act,” mentioned Special Public Prosecutor Hemanta Kumar Swain.
All the sentences will run concurrently, he mentioned.
