Bhubaneswar, April 20: Pankajini Biswal, a Junior Revenue Assistant at the Collectorate in Odisha's Angul, was dismissed from government service on Saturday following her conviction in a bribery case, as confirmed by authorities. Her dismissal was executed in accordance with the provisions outlined in the Odisha Civil Services (Classification, Control & Appeal) Rules, 1962.

The Vigilance Directorate revealed that Biswal's conviction stemmed from her trial before the Special Judge Vigilance Angul on May 12, 2023. A chargesheet had been filed against her at the Vigilance police station in Cuttack (case No. 8) on February 6, 2017, under Sections 13(2)r/w 13(1)(d)/7 of the Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act, 1988. The charges were related to her alleged demand and acceptance of bribes from a complainant to expedite the processing of file in connection with two mutation cases filed by his parents for the issuance of RoR (Patta).

As a result of her conviction, the Special Judge sentenced Biswal to three years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 5,000. In the event of default in payment of the fine, the court ordered an additional two months of rigorous imprisonment for the offence under Sections 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d) of the PC Act, 1988.

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