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| Court acquits then SE, 2 XEns in corruption case | | |
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Dec 3: In a much publicized case of purchase of eye-stud, Special Judge Anti-Corruption Jammu YP Bourney acquitted Krishan Kumar Arora son of Atma Ram of C-3 Extension Gandhi Nagar, Jammu, the then Superintending Engineer PWD (R&B) Jammu-Kathua Circle (now retired as CE), Purshotam Kumar Samnotra son of Lekh Raj Samnotra of H No 3, Vikas Lane Talab Tillo, Jammu, the then Executive Engineer, PWD (R&B) Tawi Bridge-cum-Medical College Division Jammu (now retired), Sat Pal Pandoh son of Tara Mani Pandoh of C-3 Trikuta Nagar, Jammu, the then Executive Engineer PWD (R&B) Construction Division-II (now retired) Jammu and Rajinder Mahajan son of Khem Parkash Mahajan of 738 Sector 8 Panchkula Chandigarh, Prop M/S R Deen Trading Corporation India as prosecution has failed to prove that purchases made by the accused persons were at exorbitant rates and there was any loss to the state exchequer on account thereof. Mere non-adherence to the conventional procedure by making purchases without calling tenders doesn't by itself gives rise to the inference that these were made with the requisite criminal intention rather, there is no proof of criminal intention since the purchases have not been shown to be made at exorbitant rates. The evidence on record establishes that there was urgency on account of abrupt fixation of date of inauguration and there was hardly a month's time left with the executing agency to complete the pending works of the project and hence there was no choice but to negotiate with the supplier who had already made an offer and had already made supplies of the same product with satisfactory performance results. Special Judge Anticorruption Jammu YP Bourney observed that before parting with, it needs to be pointed out with dismay that instant case has failed mainly on account of absence of a clear line of investigation. (JNF) |
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