Bangaru gets four years in jail

AGENCIES | New Delhi, April 28, 2012 15:37
Tags : Bangaru Laxman | BJP | Tehelka Scam |

Involved in a fictitious arms deal case 11 years ago, former BJP President Bangaru Laxman on Saturday, was sentenced for four years in jail by a Delhi

court for taking a bribe of Rs one lakh.

Additional Sessions Judge Kanwal Jeet Arora sentenced 72-year-old Bangaru, also a former Union Minister, holding him guilty of taking the bribe from fake arms dealers to recommend them to the Defence Ministry so as to award them a contract of supplying thermal binoculars to the Army.

The court awarded him the prison term, rejecting his plea for leniency and ordered him to be taken in custody to serve the sentence.

The court also imposed a fine of Rs one lakh on Bangaru, who had been caught on camera accepting the money in his chamber in the party headquarters and had to quit as its president shortly after the sting operation which had created a huge political storm.

"Balancing the twin interests of society and that of the convict, I am of the opinion that interest of justice would be

met if the convict is sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a term of four years and to pay a fine of Rs one lakh for the offence under Section 9 of the Prevention of Corruption Act," sentenced Judge Arora.

"It is often said that the accomplice of the crime of corruption is generally our own indifference. 'Sab chalta hai'

syndrome has led us to the present situation, where we are, where nothing moves without an illegal consideration. People

are forced to pay for getting even the right things done at right time," he added.

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