Chandigarh, Oct. 20 -- A special CBI court on Monday sentenced a Chandigarh Public Works Department (PWD) employee (now retired) to four years of rigorous imprisonment under each of two provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs.3,500 to process pension arrear bills linked to a deceased employee eight years ago.

Special judge Bhawna Jain also imposed a fine of Rs.10,000 under each provision on convict Fateh Singh, 61, with six months of simple imprisonment in default of payment of each fine. Both substantive sentences will run concurrently.

Singh has been convicted under Section 7 (bribery) and Section 13(1)(d), punishable under Section 13(2) (criminal misconduct by a public servant) of the ...