Income tax employee got 1-year jail as CBI caught him taking Rs 600 bribe for Rs 5,826 tax refund; Patna HC orders him to surrender to serve jail term

An Income Tax Assistant from Sasaram was sentenced to one year in jail for demanding a Rs 600 bribe to process a Rs 5,826 tax refund. Caught in a CBI sting operation, the employee's appeal was dismissed by the Patna High Court, which upheld the conviction and ordered him to surrender to serve his sentence.