<p>A village circle officer has been taken into custody for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 1 lakh from a person for updating his property records in Maharashtra's <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/maharashtra-accident-five-killed-27-injured-after-private-bus-overturns-in-raigad-23450564" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Raigad district</a>, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) said on Thursday, PTI reported.</p>
<p>The person had approached the accused in relation to land at Dahigaon in Raigad&rsquo;s Karjat area.</p>
<p>The 40-year-old circle officer of Kadav village in Karjat taluka reportedly asked for Rs 1 lakh from him for carrying out the change in his land records, the ACB said in a release, PTI cited.</p>
<p>The person filed a complaint with the Raigad ACB unit which laid a trap in the village on Wednesday and caught the accused while accepting the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/senior-navi-mumbai-cop-held-by-acb-for-accepting-rs-3-50-lakh-bribe-had-received-rs-14-lakh-in-past-23408240" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">bribe amount</a>, it said.</p>
<p>The police later arrested the accused and registered a case against him under relevant legal provisions, the ACB said, PTI reported.</p>
<h2>Thane: Two officials from registrar's office held for taking a bribe of Rs 60,000</h2>
<p>Two officials of a cooperative registrar's office have been arrested for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 60,000 to grant approval for a cooperative housing society in Thane district of Maharashtra, police said on Saturday, PTI reported.</p>
<p>As per the complaint, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) laid a trap and arrested assistant registrar Chetan Chowdhary (32) and Junior clerk Vijay Singh Patil (44) under the Prevention of Corruption Act, said Superintendent of Police, Thane ACB Madhavi Rajekumbhar.</p>
<p>She said that Patil had demanded Rs 70,000 for himself and his seniors to approve the formation of a cooperative <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/five-booked-for-assaulting-woman-during-housing-society-meeting-in-navi-mumbai-23460182" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">housing society</a> but later brought down the sum by 10,000 after negotiations, PTI reported.</p>
<p>A case has been registered against the two accused and a probe is underway, the official said.</p>
<h2>Sessions judge booked in bribery case moves Bombay High Court for pre-arrest bail</h2>
<p>A sessions court judge in Maharashtra has filed a petition in the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/sessions-judge-booked-in-bribery-case-moves-bombay-high-court-for-pre-arrest-bail-23461495" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Bombay High Court</a> seeking pre-arrest bail in a bribery case registered against him, reported news agency PTI.</p>
<p>The state Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has booked Satara district and sessions judge Dhananjay Nikam for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs 5 lakh to grant bail in a cheating case.</p>
<p>A single bench of Bombay High Court Justice N R Borkar on Wednesday said it would hear the plea in his chamber on January 15 as it involves a judicial officer, reported PTI.</p>
<p>Nikam, who filed the plea through advocate Viresh Purwant, said he was innocent and implicated in the case.</p>
<p>The petition said the FIR didn't show any direct demand or acceptance of money by Nikam.</p>
<p>It further argued that the judge was neither aware of meetings between the complainant and other accused nor that the complainant was related to the accused seeking bail, reported PTI.</p>
<p>Nikam was on leave or deputation on key dates, raising doubts about the allegations, the petition added.</p>
<p>As per the complaint lodged by a woman, her father, who is a civilian defence employee, is in judicial custody for allegedly cheating someone under the pretext of offering a government job, reported PTI.</p>
<p>After a lower court denied him bail, the woman filed a fresh bail application in the Satara sessions court, which was supposed to be heard by Nikam.</p>
<p><br />(With PTI inputs)</p><p>
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A village circle officer has been taken into custody for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 1 lakh from a person for updating his property records in Raigad

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