PALGHAR: A special court in Vasai on Wednesday sentenced two policemen to four years’ rigorous imprisonment for demanding and accepting a bribe. Special judge Sudhir Deshpande convicted Sanjay Deshmukh (36) and Babasaheb Borkar (40) under Prevention of Corruption Act and fined them Rs5,000 and Rs10,000 respectively.
Additional public prosecutor Jayprakash Patil told court the complainant was driving a trailer on Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway from Hazira towards Pune with a consignment of steel. On May 29, 2009, when it was passing through Chinchoti naka it rammed into another vehicle, so the driver approached police at a checkpost in Vasai to complain.
When the accused demanded of Rs4,000 to register a case and provide a copy of the FIR, the driver approached Anti-Corruption Bureau. The accused were caught by ACB in June, 2009.