Overview
- Special Judge A V Kharkar convicted Ashok Nayak under the Prevention of Corruption Act and for criminal conspiracy, and imposed a Rs 1 lakh fine.
- The court ordered five years’ simple imprisonment, citing his age and cardiac ailment even as it said his conduct did not deserve leniency.
- ACB officers arrested him on May 6, 2017 while he accepted a Rs 1.25 crore first installment after an alleged demand later discussed at around Rs 10 crore, with higher figures cited earlier.
- The verdict relied on voice recordings and their transcription and on a vigilance report noting prior instances of Nayak taking money.
- A co-accused, identified as Dhananjay/Dayanand Shetty, was also arrested in the case and died pending trial.