Income Tax Officer Sentenced to 3 Years in Jail by Ahmedabad CBI Court in Bribery Case
August 21, 2026
Ahmedabad: The CBI Court in the city today convicted and sentenced Jarnail B. Singh, then an Income Tax Officer (OSD) attached to the office of the Joint/Additional Commissioner of Income Tax (Audit), Pratyakshkar Bhavan, Ahmedabad, to three years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of ₹20,000 in a bribery case.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had registered the case on February 22, 2013, following allegations that Singh had demanded an illegal gratification of ₹10,000 from the complainant for issuing a certificate under Sections 11 and 80G of the Income Tax Act to facilitate tax exemption for the Shrilekha Vividhlaxi Charitable Trust.
The CBI subsequently laid a trap and caught the accused red-handed while accepting the ₹10,000 bribe from the complainant. He was arrested on February 22, 2013. The CBI filed a chargesheet in the case on October 31, 2013.
After completion of the trial, the CBI Court convicted and sentenced the accused on August 21, 2026. DeshGujarat
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