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Ranchi, Dec.9: Special ACB judge Prakash Jha sentenced four-year imprisonment to an excise department inspector Vishwanath Ram for accepting bribes for issuing permits for 245 cases of liquor.
Apart from imprisonment, the court also imposed a fine of Rs 1.30 lakh on him. In case of its non-payment the court provided him an additional nine -month jail.
The ACB had arrested Ram on the complaint of licensed liquor shop owner Praveen Kumar on March 25, 2014.
A constable was also accused in the case. The court did not find any evidence against him and thus acquitted him.
In this case, the prosecution produced 14 witnesses.
Special Public Prosecutor AK Gupta appeared on behalf of the ACB.
