Bhubaneswar: A Special Vigilance Court in Dhenkanal today convicted and sentenced retired Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Abhimanyu Sahoo to two years of simple imprisonment for demanding and accepting a bribe from a student in exchange for releasing a seized motorcycle.

Sahoo, a former ASI of Rasol Police Station in Dhenkanal district, was charge-sheeted by Odisha Vigilance under Sections 13(2) read with 13(1)(d), 7, and 12 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, along with Section 120-B of the IPC. The case pertained to his demand and acceptance of illegal gratification from a student to facilitate the release of the latter’s motorcycle that had been seized during investigation.

Apart from the two-year jail term, the court also imposed a fine of ₹10,000 on the retired police officer.

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