Overview

• A special CBI court in Jodhpur convicted Pawan Kumar Sharma, then chief commissioner, and Income Tax Officer Shailendra Bhandari.
• Both were sentenced to four years of simple imprisonment and fined ₹1.10 lakh each.
• Jeweller Chandra Prakash Katta was acquitted due to insufficient evidence of his role as a middleman.
• Presiding Officer Bhupendra Sanadhya said the conduct constituted serious corruption that undermines public trust.
• The case began with Barmer businessman Kishore Jain’s complaint and a March 31, 2015 trap at a Sojati Gate showroom, and CBI raids later spurred a separate disproportionate-assets probe against Sharma.