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2009 (12) TMI 684 - DSC - Indian LawsPrevention of Corruption Act - Conspiracy, misappropriation, forgery, substitution of documents, destruction of documents, false disbursement of rewards and falsification of entries - incentives to the informers for furnishing secret information to the Customs Officers in the matter of smuggling of foreign goods such as gold etc., and contraband articles – Held that:- Accused No. 1 to 3 hatched a conspiracy in pursuance of their conspiratorial agreement, fabricated records purporting to evidence payment of large reward amount of Rs. One Crore to two informers - Accused No. 1 to 3 forged the documents and falsified the accounts for the purpose of cheating and misappropriated the reward amount meant for the informer - There is sufficient and satisfactory material to link accused No. 1 to the conspiracy to misappropriate major chunk of the large reward of Rs. One Crore by resorting to various overt acts like manipulation of records, forgery, falsification of accounts, destruction of evidence and cheating the department - Accused No. 2 has played a pivotal role in the execution of conspiratorial agreement resulting in huge misappropriation of the funds of the Customs Department - Accused No. 1 to 3 is convicted and sentenced to undergo simple imprisonment for two years and is further directed to pay a fine
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