<p>The special CBI court here today convicted a former Additional Commissioner of Income Tax for accepting a bribe, and sentenced him to three years in jail.<br /><br /></p>.<p>R K Gupta, the accused, had asked for a bribe of Rs 10 lakh from A Singhania, a chartered accountant, to clear the assessment of one of his clients in 2008. Later the amount was reduced to Rs 8 lakh.<br /><br />Singhania filed a complaint with CBI, which arrested Gupta red-handed while accepting the first instalment of Rs 4 lakh and charged him under Prevention of Corruption Act.<br /><br />CBI lawyer Kiran Makasare told the court that the central agency had also recovered Rs 7.5 lakh from Gupta's house, which was the bribe money he had taken from others.<br />Fifteen witnesses were examined by the prosecution. Advocate Makasare also produced taped conversation between the accused and the complainant.<br /><br />The court accepted CBI's case and sentenced Gupta to three years' imprisonment and also imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 on him.<br /><br />Gupta got bail immediately afterwards.<br /><br />CBI has also filed a disproportionate assets case against him, which is still pending before the court.</p>
<p>The special CBI court here today convicted a former Additional Commissioner of Income Tax for accepting a bribe, and sentenced him to three years in jail.<br /><br /></p>.<p>R K Gupta, the accused, had asked for a bribe of Rs 10 lakh from A Singhania, a chartered accountant, to clear the assessment of one of his clients in 2008. Later the amount was reduced to Rs 8 lakh.<br /><br />Singhania filed a complaint with CBI, which arrested Gupta red-handed while accepting the first instalment of Rs 4 lakh and charged him under Prevention of Corruption Act.<br /><br />CBI lawyer Kiran Makasare told the court that the central agency had also recovered Rs 7.5 lakh from Gupta's house, which was the bribe money he had taken from others.<br />Fifteen witnesses were examined by the prosecution. Advocate Makasare also produced taped conversation between the accused and the complainant.<br /><br />The court accepted CBI's case and sentenced Gupta to three years' imprisonment and also imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 on him.<br /><br />Gupta got bail immediately afterwards.<br /><br />CBI has also filed a disproportionate assets case against him, which is still pending before the court.</p>