Anti-Corruption Bureau (Rajasthan)

Anti Corruption Bureau, abbreviated as ACB is an agency specialised in fighting corruption in various government departments against public servants and private individuals who promote crime under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.[1]

Anti-Corruption Bureau (Rajasthan)
State agency overview
JurisdictionHigh Court of Rajasthan
HeadquartersJ-9, Jhalana Institutional Area, Jaipur-302004 (Rajasthan)
MottoFighting Corruption
Websitehttps://home.rajasthan.gov.in

The Bribery Prevention Bureau is primarily responsible for detecting, investigating and prosecuting cases of corruption among public servants and for providing honest, transparent and clean administration to government departments.[2] The ACB investigates allegations of corruption and investigates cases reported under the Prevention of Corruption Act. The ACB handles four types of cases. Trap cases, misappropriation of assets, scams and misconduct in the office.[3]

The notification empowered the Anti-Corruption Police Station to deal with all cognizable offenses related to bribery and corruption, including criminal breach of trust, criminal misappropriation and criminal misconduct involving a public servant.[4]

In the year 1991, vide Notification No. 29(92) Home/Grade I/90 dated 25-2-1991, the State Government changed the name of Anti-Corruption Department to Rajasthan State Bureau of Investigation.[5] Further, the notification expanded the purview of the RSBI to certain specific offenses under the cases of the Essential Commodities Act 1955 and the IPC assigned to the RSBI by a specific order of the Government.[6][7]

In the year 1998, vide Notification No. 29(92)Home/Grade I/90-Part, dated 24-11-1998, the State Government changed the name of Rajasthan State Bureau of Investigation to Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB).[8][9]

See also

References
  1. "Official website of Anti Corruption Bureau of Rajasthan| National Portal of India". www.india.gov.in. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  2. "IAS officer in Rajasthan held on graft charges". The Hindu. Special Correspondent. 23 April 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 29 April 2022.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. "Rajasthan: ACB arrests IAS, RAS officers after bribery plaint". The Indian Express. 23 April 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  4. "एसीबी ने जारी किया टोल फ्री नंबर, रिश्वत मांगने वालों और भ्रष्टाचारियों की करें शिकायत | Rajasthan ACB releases toll free number 1064 for corruption complain". Patrika News (in Hindi). 31 December 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  5. Service, Tribune News. "IAS, RAS officers arrested in bribery case in Rajasthan: ACB". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  6. "ACB arrests RAS officer, posted as SDM in Udaipur, for accepting Rs 50,000 bribe". The PinkCity Post. 14 June 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  7. "Rajasthan: Delhi-Mumbai Expressway turns into highway of corruption; ACB arrest 5 officials red-handed while taking bribe". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  8. "IAS officer in Rajasthan held on graft charges". The Hindu. Special Correspondent. 23 April 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 29 April 2022.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  9. "279 Cases of officers arrested for bribery pending approval in Rajasthan: BJP MLA". Hindustan Times. 12 February 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2022.


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