The New Indian Express ·
Jharkhand HC upholds conviction of 75-year-old in 1995 Rs 100 bribery case
RANCHI: A 1995 case involving a Rs 100 bribe remains unresolved after 31 years, with the Jharkhand High Court upholding the conviction of a former railway parcel clerk but reducing his sentence to the minimum prescribed punishment.
Kali Shankar Dhobi, then a parcel clerk at Hatia Railway Station, will now have to return to jail at the age of 75.
Delivering the verdict on September 9, Justice Pradeep Srivastava held that there were no grounds to interfere with the conviction. However, the court reduced the sentence considering the more than three-decade-long legal process, Dhobi’s advanced age and age-related ailments, and the fact that it was his first offence.