<p class="title rtejustify">A special CBI court in Mumbai convicted an additional commissioner of Income Tax department and an assistant I-T commissioner in a Rs 1.7 crore graft case of 2010 and sentenced them to five years imprisonment.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The additional commissioner's husband was also convicted and awarded four years in jail.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Special CBI judge Vivek Khathare on Wednesday sentenced additional commissioner Sumitra Banerjee, 49, a 1992 batch Indian Revenue Service officer, and assistant commissioner Anjali Bambole, 50, to five years' imprisonment for allegedly demanding Rs 1.7 crore bribe from a Thane-based builder.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Banerjee's husband Subroto, who was nabbed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) while accepting Rs 1.50 crore from the builder, was sentenced to four years' imprisonment.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The judge also imposed a fine of Rs 80 lakh on Banerjee, Rs 30 lakh on her husband and Rs 40 lakh on Bambole.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">According to the CBI's Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), the officers had sought the money from the builder for not converting a survey action into a search operation, which gives the I-T department powers to seize unaccounted assets.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The builder had approached the CBI's ACB on April 12, 2010, claiming that the two officers, who were posted at the Thane Income Tax office, were demanding a bribe to reduce tax liabilities of his firm Ram Developers.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">On March 24, 2010, a survey was conducted at the firm under Banerjee's supervision.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Later, the two officers demanded Rs 2 crore from the builder claiming that the firm's tax liability would be Rs 25 crore.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">According to the complaint, the officers reduced the bribe amount to Rs 1.70 crore and threatened to convert the survey action into a search if he did not pay the money.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The builder then approached the CBI and lodged a complaint following which a trap was laid to nab the accused.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">All the three accused were subsequently arrested. They were currently out on bail.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The prosecution examined 14 witnesses to prove its case.</p>
<p class="title rtejustify">A special CBI court in Mumbai convicted an additional commissioner of Income Tax department and an assistant I-T commissioner in a Rs 1.7 crore graft case of 2010 and sentenced them to five years imprisonment.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The additional commissioner's husband was also convicted and awarded four years in jail.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Special CBI judge Vivek Khathare on Wednesday sentenced additional commissioner Sumitra Banerjee, 49, a 1992 batch Indian Revenue Service officer, and assistant commissioner Anjali Bambole, 50, to five years' imprisonment for allegedly demanding Rs 1.7 crore bribe from a Thane-based builder.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Banerjee's husband Subroto, who was nabbed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) while accepting Rs 1.50 crore from the builder, was sentenced to four years' imprisonment.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The judge also imposed a fine of Rs 80 lakh on Banerjee, Rs 30 lakh on her husband and Rs 40 lakh on Bambole.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">According to the CBI's Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), the officers had sought the money from the builder for not converting a survey action into a search operation, which gives the I-T department powers to seize unaccounted assets.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The builder had approached the CBI's ACB on April 12, 2010, claiming that the two officers, who were posted at the Thane Income Tax office, were demanding a bribe to reduce tax liabilities of his firm Ram Developers.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">On March 24, 2010, a survey was conducted at the firm under Banerjee's supervision.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Later, the two officers demanded Rs 2 crore from the builder claiming that the firm's tax liability would be Rs 25 crore.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">According to the complaint, the officers reduced the bribe amount to Rs 1.70 crore and threatened to convert the survey action into a search if he did not pay the money.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The builder then approached the CBI and lodged a complaint following which a trap was laid to nab the accused.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">All the three accused were subsequently arrested. They were currently out on bail.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The prosecution examined 14 witnesses to prove its case.</p>