The Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau has presented a chargesheet before the Special Judge Anti-Corruption Court Srinagar in a bribery case involving a revenue official and two private individuals, officials said on Wednesday.
The chargesheet has been filed in FIR No. 35/2022 registered under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, and Section 120-B of the Indian Penal Code against Aijaz Ahmad Shegen, the then Patwari Halqa Khanyar, and two alleged touts identified as Showkat Ahmad Budoo and Mohammad Yousuf Dar.
According to officials, the case was registered on September 1, 2022, following a written complaint alleging that the patwari had demanded a bribe of Rs 7,000 for issuing revenue extracts in favour of the complainant.
During trap proceedings, the two alleged touts were caught red-handed while accepting the bribe amount on behalf of the patwari. The cash was recovered on the spot, and subsequent chemical tests confirmed the presence of phenolphthalein on their hands, officials said.
The investigation concluded that offences under Sections 7, 7A and 12 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, along with Section 120-B IPC were established against all accused.
After securing mandatory prosecution sanction from the government, the Anti-Corruption Bureau produced the chargesheet in court for judicial determination on Wednesday.
The trial court has fixed the next date of hearing in the case as February 16, 2026.