Why Judge Jabbor Rasulov of the District has been sent to prison?

The Anti-Corruption Agency of Tajikistan has announced that the former chairman of the court of the Jabbor Rasulov district Nasrullo Sadridinzoda has been detained on charges of receiving a bribe.

This was reported on February 19 at a press conference by the director of the Agency for State Financial Control and the Fight Against Corruption of Tajikistan in the Sughd region, Safar Salimzoda.

Commenting on the case of the former chairman of the court of the Jabbor Rasulov district Nasrullo Sadridinzoda, he noted that the former judge received a large sum of money as a bribe from two residents of the district during the consideration of a case, before the verdict was announced.

“Criminal cases against these individuals under part 2 of Article 289 and paragraphs ‘b’ and ‘v’ of part 2 of Article 340 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Tajikistan were under his consideration, however, in order to impose a penalty or fine, he initially received $20,000 from the defendants as a bribe and demanded the remaining $3,000,” Salimzoda reported.

After his detention, the General Prosecutor’s Office of the country stated that a criminal case had been initiated against Sadridinzoda, and after the investigation was completed, the case was sent to the Supreme Court. Later, the Supreme Court sentenced the former judge Sadridinzoda to 5 years in prison.

Earlier, on May 23, President Emomali Rahmon issued a decree relieving several judges of their positions, including Nasrullo Sadridinzoda from the position of chairman of the court of the Jabbor Rasulov district and Zafar Abdurakhim Kodirzoda from the position of judge of the GBAO regional court, with the wording “for actions that discredit the honor and dignity of a judge.”

On February 7, 2020, by decree of President Rahmon, Nasrullo Sadridinzoda was appointed chairman of the court of the Jabbor Rasulov district of the Sughd region. Prior to this, he held the position of deputy chairman of the court of the Spitamen district in the Sughd region.