New Delhi: A law officer of CBI, posted with its Kolkata unit, has been sentenced to three years in jail by a Delhi court for demanding bribe from a person in return for favouring him in an inquiry against him.
The court convicted D K Srivastava, Deputy Legal Advisor of CBI, under the Prevention of Corruption Act and also imposed a fine of Rs two lakh on him.
“Facts of the case portray a very dismal and depressing image about how back-door-exoneration-against-consideration is rampant even in CBI.
Courts can deliver justice only when investigation is completely unprejudiced and impartial.
If the truth is throttled and garroted during the investigation stage itself, then eradication of corruption from our country would remain a delusion,” Special CBI Judge Manoj Jain said.
