A CBI court in Ahmedabad on Wednesday sentenced a former archivist of the National Archives of India to three years of rigorous imprisonment and a ₹20,000 fine in a bribery case that dates back nearly 14 years.
The court convicted Satdhari Lal Sahu, who was the archivist at the National Archives of India's Record Center at Zalana Dungari, Jaipur, Rajasthan, at the time.
The case
According to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which registered the case on 26 December 2012, Sahu demanded ₹15,000 from a complainant for providing copies of the old CRO record of the Survey of Rajkot and a file of old British land records.
The CBI laid a trap and caught him red-handed while he accepted the ₹15,000, the agency said. He was arrested on 26 December 2012, and searches were conducted at his home and office.
The timeline
- 26 December 2012: the CBI registers the case; the trap and the arrest take place the same day.
- 28 June 2013: the CBI files its chargesheet.
- 28 October 2026: the court, after trial, convicts and sentences him.
What it shows
The bribe was small, ₹15,000, but the case took more than 13 years from arrest to verdict. The CBI release does not say whether the convicted man can appeal
The official release
The Central Bureau of Investigation published the release on its website on 28 October 2026.
Screenshot: CBI press release page, cbi.gov.in..
How we verified this
VerifiedEvery fact, figure and date is taken from the official CBI press release no. 8089 dated 28 Oct 2026 (cbi.gov.in). Allegations are described as allegations; nothing is added from outside the release. Story written by BDT.
Sources
- 1.CBI Court Sentences Ex-Archivist of National Archives of India, Jaipur to Three Years RI in Bribery Case — Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Government of India
