FIR registered against judge and her Husband by CBI
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has charged Rachna Tiwari Lakhanpal and her husband Alok Lakhanpal with amassing excessive assets.
Under the Prevention of Corruption Act, Senior Civil Judge (West) Lakhanpal of the Tis Hazari Courts in New Delhi has been charged with criminal misconduct by a public servant.
According to the first information report, Lakhanpal’s husband, an attorney named Alok Lakhanpal, amassed enormous assets between July 2006 and September 2016.
According to the FIR, the two amassed disproportionate assets totaling 2,99 crores during the specified time frame.
Lakhanpal and her husband possessed movable assets totaling 1.09 lakh at the beginning of the relevant period. At the end of the evaluation period, it reached 3.53 million.
According to the FIR, their income during the specified period was 1.05 million, while their expenditures were 51.73 million.
“It is pertinent to note that Ms. Rachna Tiwari Lakhanpal has not informed the department about the 9,40,990 in unaccounted cash that was recovered during the house search, nor has she disclosed the actual value of house no. R-546, New Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi, which is 1,605,000. Even Alok Lakhanpal participated actively in the acquisition of numerous assets in his own name and in the names of his relatives. Thus, he is also liable for abetting the crime under section 109 of the Indian Penal Code, and Rachna Tiwari Lakhanpal, Senior Civil Judge (under suspension) is liable for the crime of acquiring disproportionate assets under sections 13(1)(e) and 13(2) of the PC Act 1988 “It’s been stated.
In 2016, Tiwari was caught accepting bribes, leading to her and her husband’s arrest.
She subsequently obtained bail in that case.
