LUCKNOW, Oct. 14 -- A postal assistant was sentenced to three years of imprisonment for demanding and accepting a Rs.1,000 bribe to process a Rs.2 lakh deposit at a Pratapgarh post office, while a sub-postmaster received six months' imprisonment in the same case, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said on Tuesday. The CBI court in Lucknow on Monday sentenced Suraj Prasad Mishra, postal assistant at the Kunda sub-post office, to three years in prison and imposed a fine of Rs.15,000. Santosh Kumar Saroj, the then sub-postmaster, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment and fined Rs.5,000. According to the CBI, the two officials conspired to demand illegal gratification from a commission agent at the rate of Rs.100 for every Rs.20,000 deposited into recurring deposit accounts, describing it as "suvidha kharch". They allegedly threatened to obstruct agent's work if the money was not paid. htc...