31 years after Rs 100 bribe case began, ex-railway clerk gets 1 year in jail
A 75-year-old former railway clerk, Kali Shankar Dhobi, has been sentenced to one year in jail for accepting a Rs 100 bribe in 1995. The Jharkhand High Court upheld his conviction but reduced the sentence due to his advanced age, ill health, and the case's 31-year duration. The case involved a CBI trap after Dhobi allegedly demanded an additional Rs 100 to book a motorcycle.
Why it matters
This case highlights the protracted nature of the Indian legal system and the long-term consequences of corruption, even for minor offenses. It also demonstrates judicial consideration for a defendant's age and health in sentencing.
A Rs 100 bribe accepted at a Jhankhand railway station more than three decades ago has now ended with a one-year jail term for a former railway employee who is 75 years old. The Jharkhand High Court has upheld the conviction of Kali Shankar Dhobi, a former parcel clerk at Ranchi's Hatia Railway Station, in a corruption case dating back to 1995. However, the court reduced his sentence after considering his advanced age, ill health and the fact that the case had remained in the legal system for nearly 31 years.It started with a Rs 100 demandAccording to the judgment in the Kal Shankar Dhobi v State of Jharkhand case, Dhobi was working as a parcel clerk at Hatia Railway Station in 1995. A man named Nirmal Kumar Begani had gone to the station to send his motorcycle from Hatia to Samastipur in Bihar.
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