<p>In a unique punishment to someone convicted in a corruption case, a lower court in Bihar has asked the accused to remove garbage and clean the Gandhi Maidan, where locals go for morning walk.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The exceptional punishment was pronounced by a court at Raxaul in north Bihar, where a judge awarded “clean-up job” to the owner of a public distribution system (PDS) charged with black-marketing foodgrain and kerosene meant for BPL beneficiaries. <br /><br />Apparently aimed at “cleaning the rot” in the corruption-ridden PDS system, the court of sub-divisional judicial magistrate Mahesh Prasad Singh incorporated “clean-up job” in his sentence, besides imposing a fine of Rs 5,000 on PDS owner Shamshuddin Mian. <br /><br />The judge directed the PDS owner to prune bushes and remove garbage on the huge Gandhi Maidan campus. He also instructed Shamshuddin to get a certificate of adherence of the court order from a competent authority in local administration. Failure to comply would invite a six-month jail term.</p>
<p>In a unique punishment to someone convicted in a corruption case, a lower court in Bihar has asked the accused to remove garbage and clean the Gandhi Maidan, where locals go for morning walk.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The exceptional punishment was pronounced by a court at Raxaul in north Bihar, where a judge awarded “clean-up job” to the owner of a public distribution system (PDS) charged with black-marketing foodgrain and kerosene meant for BPL beneficiaries. <br /><br />Apparently aimed at “cleaning the rot” in the corruption-ridden PDS system, the court of sub-divisional judicial magistrate Mahesh Prasad Singh incorporated “clean-up job” in his sentence, besides imposing a fine of Rs 5,000 on PDS owner Shamshuddin Mian. <br /><br />The judge directed the PDS owner to prune bushes and remove garbage on the huge Gandhi Maidan campus. He also instructed Shamshuddin to get a certificate of adherence of the court order from a competent authority in local administration. Failure to comply would invite a six-month jail term.</p>
