A CBI special court on Thursday sentenced a public sector bank branch manager to two years' rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 15,000 after convicting him on a bribery charge.
Special CBI court judge Ravindra Patwari sentenced Pradeepta Kumar Sarkar, then branch manager of Madhya Grameen Bank, Masaurhi (Patna), to two years' RI and imposed Rs 15,000 fine after finding him guilty of taking Rs 1000 as bribe from farmer Vishwanath Sharma for making entry in his passbook about payment of Rs 12,000 as crop insurance claim in 2006.
The CBI had arrested Sarkar on August 24, 2006 and charged him under relevant provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
The accused would have to undergo three months' additional imprisonment in the event of default on the payment of fine, the CBI counsel said.
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