Overview

• Special CBI Court in Jodhpur sentenced P.K. Sharma and Shailendra Bhandari to four years’ imprisonment and fined them ₹1.10 lakh each.
• Investigators said Bhandari was caught on March 31, 2015 while collecting ₹15 lakh at a Jodhpur jewellery showroom during a CBI trap.
• The case began after Barmer businessman Kishore Jain complained of inflated tax demands and a bribe sought to influence his appeal.
• Jeweller Chandra Prakash Katta, accused as a middleman, was acquitted due to insufficient evidence of his role.
• Charges included criminal conspiracy under IPC Section 120B and offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act, with a separate disproportionate-assets probe into Sharma still active.