ITO and his wife sentenced in a disproportionate assets case
THE Special Judge for CBI cases, Delhi has sentenced, an Income Tax Officer to undergo four years rigorous imprisonment with a fine of Rs.Four lakh and his wife to undergo two years rigorous imprisonment with a fine of Rs.Two lakh in a disproportionate assets case. The Court has also ordered forfeiture of disproportionate assets to the tune of Rs.1,04,45,122/- to the State.
CBI had registered the Case on 12.06.2007 against the then Income Tax Inspector and his wife under section 13(1) (e) of PC Act, 1988. It was alleged in the FIR that both the accused persons had acquired assets disproportionate to their known sources of income to the tune of Rs.1,04,45,122/-. Later on, he was promoted as Income Tax Officer (through CAT case) and transferred to the office of DCIT(HQ), Income Tax.