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DESIGNATED COURT SENTENCES TWO ACCUSED INCLUDING THEN LAND ACQUISITION OFFICER GAIL, NOIDA, U.P. AND A PRIVATE PERSON TO 03 YEARS’ IMPRISONMENT WITH TOTAL FINE OF RS 23 LAKH IN A CASE RELATED TO DISPROPORTIONATE ASSETS

  NEW DELHI-  Asal baat news. The Special Judge, CBI, ANTI-Corruption Court, Ghaziabad has  sentenced   two accused including  Sh. Bhagwat S...

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NEW DELHI- 

Asal baat news.


The Special Judge, CBI, ANTI-Corruption Court, Ghaziabad has  sentenced   two accused including  Sh. Bhagwat Sagar Ojha, then Land Acquisition Officer/Competent Authority, GAIL, Noida, U.P. and Sh. Badri Prasad Verma, Private Person, to 03 years’  imprisonment with  fine of Rs.16,00,000/- and Rs. 7,00,000/- respectively in a case related to Disproportionate Assets.

The instant DA case was offshoot of a Trap Case i.e RC0072013A0007 in which one Sh. Shashikant Pandey, a GAIL Official working under Sh. B.S. Ojha, was trapped while demanding and accepting an illegal gratification of Rs.8,000/-. As a fallout of this trap, the residential premises of Sh. B.S. Ojha were also searched.  Gold jewelry worth about Rs. 4.06 Crore (18 Kg approx.) was recovered from 02 lockers in his name at PNB, Govindpur Branch, Allahabad. The instant DA case was registered on 13.01.2014 against accused public servant Sh. B.S. Ojha on the allegations that while being posted in GAIL from 01.08.2009 to 21.06.2013, he had amassed assets disproportionate to his known sources of income to the tune of Rs. 4.89 Crore (Approx.).


During investigation of instant DA case, accused B.S. Ojha couldn’t explain the source of the above-mentioned Gold jewelry and instead resorted to forgery by getting false gift deed prepared in the name of his father. During the course of investigation accused B.S. Ojha also submitted false valuation report in respect of the above-mentioned gold jewelry. These false valuation report were got prepared by Sh. Badri Prasad Verma, Valuation Officer. Further, investigation revealed that accused public servant B.S. Ojha has amassed the disproportionate assets to the tune of Rs. 3.90 Crore against the total income of Rs. 44.67 lacs during the check period i.e. 01.08.2009 to 21.06.2013 i.e. disproportionate assets of 875% above his total income.  


Shri B.S. Ojha is a PCS Officer of Govt. of Uttar Pradesh. He joined as Naib Tehsildar in year 1989 and was promoted to the rank of SDM in 1997. In july, 2009, he joined Gas Authority Ltd. (GAIL) on deputation in the post of Special Land Acquisition Officer/Competent Authority, Land Record & Survey Office, GAIL and was posted at Noida. 

Chargesheet was filed by CBI against the accused on 30.10.2015.

After trial, the Court held both accused guilty and sentenced them accordingly.

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