BHUJ: A court in Kutch district Saturday sentenced former IAS officer Pradeep Sharma to five years of rigorous imprisonment in a 2011 case on irregularities in allotment of govt land to a private company that caused loss to the public exchequer when he was the then district collector.
The court sentenced Sharma, urban planner Natubhai Desai, then mamlatdar Narendra Prajapati and then resident deputy collector Ajitsinh Zala to five years imprisonment and a fine of Rs 10,000 each. pti
A court in Kutch district on Saturday sentenced former IAS officer Pradeep Sharma to five years of rigorous imprisonment in a 2011 case regarding irregularities in the allotment of govt land to a private company that caused a loss to the exchequer when he was the district collector.
The court of additional chief judicial magistrate J V Buddha in Bhuj sentenced Sharma, urban planner Natu Desai, then mamlatdar Narendra Prajapati and then resident deputy collector Ajitsinh Zala to five years imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 each on them.
The case pertains to irregularities in the allotment of govt land to Saw Pipes Pvt Ltd in 2004 when Sharma was the collector of Kutch district.
The court said Sharma's sentence would begin after he undergoes the five-year sentence given by a sessions court in Ahmedabad on Jan 20, in a 2004 corruption case.
A first information report (FIR) was registered against Sharma and three others at the Rajkot zone CID Crime police station in 2011 under Sections 409 (criminal breach of trust committed by public servants), 120B (criminal conspiracy) and 217 (a public servant knowingly disobeying a direction of the law) of the Indian Penal Code. Sharma was arrested on March 4, 2011.
Special public prosecutor H B Jadeja said the court considered 52 pieces of documentary evidence and the statements of 18 prosecution witnesses.
According to the prosecution, Sharma committed irregularities in allotting land through different orders to Saw Pipes Private Limited to set up an industrial unit by flouting rules and regulations of the state govt in this regard, thereby causing financial loss to the public exchequer.
The allotment of land was above the cap of two hectares, and it flouted the Gujarat govt's revenue department resolution dated June 6, 2003, authorising the collector to allot up to two hectares of land for industrial purposes.
The other three accused committed the crime of conspiring with the main accused, it said. pti
The court sentenced Sharma, urban planner Natubhai Desai, then mamlatdar Narendra Prajapati and then resident deputy collector Ajitsinh Zala to five years imprisonment and a fine of Rs 10,000 each. pti
A court in Kutch district on Saturday sentenced former IAS officer Pradeep Sharma to five years of rigorous imprisonment in a 2011 case regarding irregularities in the allotment of govt land to a private company that caused a loss to the exchequer when he was the district collector.
The court of additional chief judicial magistrate J V Buddha in Bhuj sentenced Sharma, urban planner Natu Desai, then mamlatdar Narendra Prajapati and then resident deputy collector Ajitsinh Zala to five years imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 each on them.
The case pertains to irregularities in the allotment of govt land to Saw Pipes Pvt Ltd in 2004 when Sharma was the collector of Kutch district.
The court said Sharma's sentence would begin after he undergoes the five-year sentence given by a sessions court in Ahmedabad on Jan 20, in a 2004 corruption case.
A first information report (FIR) was registered against Sharma and three others at the Rajkot zone CID Crime police station in 2011 under Sections 409 (criminal breach of trust committed by public servants), 120B (criminal conspiracy) and 217 (a public servant knowingly disobeying a direction of the law) of the Indian Penal Code. Sharma was arrested on March 4, 2011.
Special public prosecutor H B Jadeja said the court considered 52 pieces of documentary evidence and the statements of 18 prosecution witnesses.
According to the prosecution, Sharma committed irregularities in allotting land through different orders to Saw Pipes Private Limited to set up an industrial unit by flouting rules and regulations of the state govt in this regard, thereby causing financial loss to the public exchequer.
The allotment of land was above the cap of two hectares, and it flouted the Gujarat govt's revenue department resolution dated June 6, 2003, authorising the collector to allot up to two hectares of land for industrial purposes.
The other three accused committed the crime of conspiring with the main accused, it said. pti
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