M V Prakash, the then Assistant Director, Town Planning Unit, Kuvempunagar in the city is the accused. Lokayukta sleuths had caught him red-handed while receiving ` 15,000 from C N Kiran Kumar of Muruganahalli in H D Kote taluk, in 2007.
Kiran Kumar and his friend Rathnaiah were jointly owning four acres and three guntas of land at Kanakahalli in the same taluk, had applied for change of land.
Judge of Third Additional District and Sessions Court sentenced him to jail, besides slapping a fine of ` 15,000.
Published 01 March 2011, 17:40 IST