New Delhi:
A stamp vendor and her salesman were today sent to two-year rigorous imprisonment by a Delhi court. The reason: they demanded a bribe of Rs 5.
Manju Agrawal, 48, and her 26-year-old salesman Deepak Sharma were held guilty by Special Judge B R Kedia of entering into a conspiracy to sell stamp paper at a premium of Rs 5.
"I have no hesitation to safely conclude that in pursuance of the criminal conspiracy hatched by both accused Manju Agarwal and Deepak Sharma to sell stamp paper on a premium, accused Deepak Sharma demanded Rs 55 as against sale of stamp paper of Rs 50 on behalf of Manju Agarwal," the judge said.
The court also imposed a fine of Rs 15,000 on Agarwal and Rs 5,000 on Sharma.
The case was filed on the complaint of Satish, alias Shish Pal, who had said he had gone to buy a stamp paper from Agarwal at the Typist and Stamp Vendor hall at Karkardooma Court Complex on December 4, 2003. He said Agarwal's salesman Sharma demanded Rs 55 from him for a stamp paper of Rs 50.