Bribe For Bail: Delhi Court Convicts Law Intern Who Accepted Bribe On Behalf Of ASI

A Delhi Court has convicted a law intern and a Sub Inspector of Police charged with corruption.

Law intern was accused of accepting bribe on behalf of Assistant Sub Inspector who was posted at Crime Branch.

The case of the complainant was that when she visited to inquire about the status of bail application of her brother, ASI Rakesh demanded a bribe of Rs.2, 00,000 from her to facilitate bail for her brother. Later, the ASI agreed to the amount of Rs. 70,000. With the help of trap team, the law intern was caught red handed. He revealed that he accepted the money to hand over the same to ASI wherein he himself had no share.

Before the Court, the law intern's contention was that the amount of Rs.70,000 was meant for legal fees of Advocate for bail application. He was only a law intern having no licence to practice and therefore was not capable to file bail application and the bail application was already pending as moved on behalf of brother of complainant and another counsel has been representing him, the court noted.

While convicting both the accused, Judge Anju Bajaj Chandna said:

"It is evident from the conversations happened between complainant and accused Rakesh and between accused Anshul and accused Rakesh that money was meant to be handed over to accused Rakesh and the same was actually accepted by accused Rakesh. The acceptance of illegal gratification is complete as soon as accused Anshul accepted the money on behalf of Rakesh and ingredients of offences u/s 7 and 13 (1) (d) of PC Act are complete."

The court then sentenced the ASI and the law intern for 4 years rigorous imprisonment. ASI was also convicted under section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act and sentenced to three years imprisonment. 

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