Bombay HC grants bail to ITO in alleged bribery case

Rajkumar Bhatia Vs State of Maharashtra & Anr (Bombay High Court) Present applicant was working as ACIT. Accused No. 2  who was an Income Tax Inspector approached PW-6 and told him that there was a complaint filed against him and for that he should meet the present applicant i.e. ACIT. It is the prosecution case that the applicant initially demanded bribe of Rs.35 lakhs and after some negotiations it was brought down to Rs.15 lakhs. PW-3 and PW-6 did not want to pay that amount. They approached the C.B.I. and lodged the complaint. Ultimately, on the day of trap i.e. on 21/01/2009, an amou...