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| Court frames corruption charges against Patwari | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu, Sept18 : Special Judge Anticorruption Jammu AK Koul today framed corruption charges against Patwari Halqa Kanachak Balwant Raj Kotwal and Village Chowkidar Major Ram of village Lalyal Jammu for duping of 28 innocent farmers on the name of Roshni Act and and received amount Rs 50,300/- from them for conferred of ownership rights on them under Roshni Act which were never conferred nor could be done under the scheme. Knowingly that they were owners of the land already so had nothing to gain under Roshni Act.
Court after hearing CPO Purshtom Sharma appearing for the VOJ and Advocate BB Kotwal for the accused framed charges u/s 5(1) (d) r/w section 5(2) J&K PC Act 2006 and 161/120-B and 420 of RPC.
According to the case a written complaint lodged by the inhabitants of Village Lalyal through Bishan Dass and Others alleging there in that Chowikdar Major has taken a bribe from them for regularization of the state land under their possession situated at Village Lalyal. On this application conducted a verification which revealed that a large chunk of state land was existing in the village under the possession of various individuals.
The villagers had applied for conferring ownership rights of state land already in their possession with the local revenue authorities as per the provisions of the Roshini Act. Village Lalyal falls under the Patwar Halqa Kanachak Jammu, Balwant Raj Kotwal, Patwari Halqa Kanachak Jammu and Chowkidar Major Ram S/o Baldev Raj of village Lalyal, Jammu hatched a criminal conspiracy to receive illegal gratification from the villagers in lieu of conferring of ownership rights of state land in their favour. Both the accused officials, by misusing their official position, demanded and accepted the bribe money ranging from Rs.400/- to Rs.12000/- from 28 villagers of village Lalyal, Jammu during the October – December 2007 as a consideration for regularization of the state land in their favour under Roshni Act.
In this way they collected an amount of Rs.50,300/- from the innocent villagers as bribe. These acts of omission and commission on the part of Chowkidar Major Ram and Patwari Balwant Raj Kotwal constitutes the offence U/S 5(2) J&K P.C Act 2006 BK and 120-B, 161 and 420 RPC. A case under FIR No.13/2008 is accordingly registered against the above mentioned accused persons i.e. Chowkidar Major Ram S/o Baldev Raj R/o village Lalyal, Jammu and Patwari Halqa Kanachak Balwant Raj Kotwal S/o Ram Lal Kotwal R/o Bhaderwah (Bhalra) at present Paloura, Jammu. JNF
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