CBI said five government officials caught demanding and accepting bribes have been recently convicted by various courts. In one of the cases, a senior audit officer in the office of Comptroller and Auditor General of India at Chandigarh was sentenced to three years' rigorous imprisonment, while a works inspector in railways in Calcutta was sentenced to two years' rigorous imprisonment, CBI added.

In another case, an officer in charge (RPF) in Mancheswar workshop of railways at Bhubaneswar was sentenced to one year rigorous imprisonment.

A senior script writer in films division in Calcutta was also awarded the same sentence and a timekeeper in Bharat Cooking Coal at Dhanbad was sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for two years, it said.

In another case, a manager in the Indian Overseas Bank inBangalore, was sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for three years with a fine of Rs 5,000 for abusing discretionary powers and sanctioning agricultural loans to fictitious persons, it said in a release.

In a similar case, a manager, State Bank of India in Bangalore, was sentenced to five years' rigorous imprisonment for forgery and misappropriation of bank funds, it said.

A block inspector of the railways in Calcutta was also sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for three years with a fine of Rs 10,000 for misappropriation of huge quantity of cement by illegal means, the CBI said.

An officer of State Bank of Travancore at Thiruvananthapuram, was sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for a year with a fine of Rs 4,000 for abusing official position alongwith two private persons and sanctioning loans amounting Rs 1.15 lakh to close relatives and friends violating guidelines, it said.

Two private persons were also sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for one year each in the case, it said. The CBI Hyderabadbranch has also secured conviction of two branch managers and an accountant in SBI, alongwith three others who had cheated the bank by drawing cheques to the tune of Rs 89 lakh on the basis of false and forged documents, it said.

All the accused were sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for three years each, the CBI said.