Chandigarh, Aug. 21 -- Eight years after a UT head constable was caught red-handed taking Rs.10,000 bribe from a woman booked in an assault case, a special CBI court on Wednesday sentenced him to seven years' imprisonment. The convict, head constable Ram Kumar, has also been told to pay a fine of Rs.70,000. The court of special CBI judge Alka Malik had earlier pronounced him guilty under Section 7 and 13(1) (d) (ii), punishable under Section 13(2), of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, on August 18. The matter dates back to 2017 when a woman and her husband were booked for allegedly assaulting their relatives in Sarangpur. Head constable Ram Kumar, who was reporting to SHO inspector Shadi Lal at Sarangpur police station, was assigned the case for investigation. The woman claimed that Kumar initially demanded Rs.18,000 bribe and later settled for Rs.10,000. On May 23, 2017, when Kumar went to collect the bribe amount, CBI sleuths reached the spot and caught the cop red-handed taking the bribe....