Panchkula, March 5 -- A special CBI court in Panchkula has sentenced three central excise officials to four years of rigorous imprisonment in a 2017 corruption case.

The convicted officials-Anil Kumar, Ajay Kumar (both superintendents), and inspector Ravinder Singh Dahiya-were found guilty under Section 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and various provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. The trio were part of the central excise audit department in Murthal.

The case was registered on February 19, 2017, following a complaint by Deepak Jain, proprietor of Precision Components (P) Ltd., located in HSIIDC Industrial Estate, Rai, Sonepat. Jain alleged that the accused demanded a bribe of Rs.10 lakh to ad...