J&K Anti-Corruption Court Convicts Revenue Official as ACB Files Chargesheet in 2006 Mutation Case
The developments underscore years-long ACB investigations into bribery alongside alleged misuse of agrarian law.
Overview
- Special Judge Anti-Corruption Court Srinagar convicted Bashir Ahmad Dar for demanding and accepting a ₹1,000 bribe for land intikhabs.
- Dar was sentenced to two years’ simple imprisonment with a ₹10,000 fine under the J&K Prevention of Corruption Act and one year with a ₹5,000 fine under Section 161 RPC.
- The bribery case began with a February 9, 2012 complaint, led to a Vigilance Organisation trap and a February 2, 2013 chargesheet, and concluded with a March 16, 2026 judgment.
- Separately, the ACB filed a chargesheet in Udhampur against former Patwari Mohd Saleem Banday for allegedly illegally attesting an August 9, 2006 mutation to confer ownership of shop properties.
- Investigators say Section 6 of the J&K Agrarian Reforms Act did not apply because it pertains to dwelling houses for tillers, and Banday remains in judicial custody from a separate 2026 trap case with another 2013 FIR still under investigation.