A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Mumbai on Wednesday convicted a former superintendent of the Customs and Central Excise department and two others in a 2009 case concerning forgery of exports-related documents and duty evasion of about Rs 14 crore, news agency PTI reported.

Special judge SM Menjonge held the trio guilty under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) section 420 (cheating) and the Prevention of Corruption Act and sentenced them to one year of simple imprisonment.

As per the prosecution, Dattaram Kubde, the then superintendent (technical) of the department, allowed Mohammed Hussain Sattar, the proprietor of an export firm, to falsify the B-17 bond (a general-purpose running bond used in export-import trades) and present false information.