India, June 7 -- A cashier at the state legislature was sentenced to seven years in jail on May 5 by a special court under the Prevention of Corruption Act, for misappropriation of government funds and for amassing a disproportionate amount of assets from March 1991 to December 2004.

An FIR had been registered against the accused, Manoj Gaonkar, in 2005 at the Marine Drive police station, and the anti-corruption bureau had taken over the case and revealed that he had acquired Rs.19.24 lakh, which was 109.62% more than his known sources of income.

Gaonkar's advocate contradicted the charges and claimed that there was no significant amount in his account. However, the prosecution examined 12 witnesses, including investigating officers and...