NEW DELHI: The Special Court of Delhi on Tuesday awarded three years of rigorous imprisonment to Gautam Kumar Basak, former executive secretary of Joint Plant Committee (JPC), Ministry of Steel, under the Prevention of Corruption Act, in connection with a corruption case involving coal block allocation.
The Special Judge Arun Bhardwaj on Tuesday awarded three years’ rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 5 lakh upon convict Basak.
This was the 14th conviction in coal related matters. The trial of this case was conducted by Sanjay Kumar, Deputy Legal Advisor, CBI.