Mohali, May 20 -- A local court on Tuesday sentenced former vigilance bureau superintendent of police (SP) Amandeep Kaur and transporter Rajinder Singh Gopi to three years' imprisonment in a 2011 abetment to suicide case involving excise and taxation officer (ETO) Ranjit Singh.

However, the court acquitted both of corruption and several other charges under the Indian Penal Code (IPC), holding that the prosecution failed to prove demand and acceptance of a bribe beyond a reasonable doubt.

Additional sessions judge Hardip Singh convicted the duo under Section 306 read with Section 120-B of the IPC and imposed a fine of Rs.10,000 each.

The case dates back to March 2011, when Ranjit Singh, posted in the excise and taxation department's mob...