Srinagar, Aug. 23 -- As per a statement, a spokesman said that in a significant verdict reinforcing the commitment to combating corruption, the Special Judge Anti-Corruption Court Pulwama, Dr. Noor Mohammad Mir, convicted Ghulam Hassan Kumar, son of Ghulam Rasool Kumar, resident of Tarigam Devbug, Kulgam, in a bribery case registered under FIR number 22/2008 PS VOK.

The accused, then-serving as Girdawar, was found guilty under Sections 5(2) read with 5(1)(d) of the J&K Prevention of Corruption Act, Svt. 2006 and Section 161 RPC, for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 2,000 from the complainant, in exchange for demarcating land measuring 18 kanal and 18 marla.

"Following a complaint filed on June 16, 2008, a trap was successfully laid...