pune the court of additional sessions judge r s tiwari on friday sentenced assistant police inspector api sunil laxman lokhande 38 to five years of rigorous imprisonment for demanding extortion of rs 50 lakh from a real estate agent in 2010 the judge also slapped a fine of rs 12000 on lokhande the judge observed that it was a grave crime because it was committed by an officer within the police force which is supposed to uphold the law real estate agent kunal amle 33 resident of vanaz kothrud had registered an offence with the kothrud police station the prosecutions case is that lokhande of ranjangaon was attached to the human rights protection department at ahmednagar he met the complainant three years before the incident and became friends with him the prosecution said that in a property deal facilitated by amle in which a mumbaibased businessman bought a property in velha lokhande had helped him for this help amle had given him rs 2 lakh as commission however later lokhande started suspecting that amle had earned huge profit from the deal and had given him a small commission on february 8 2010 lokhande went to amles office with some other men and threatened him with a revolver and demanded rs 50 lakh additional public prosecutor hira bari said amle told him that the deal for which he was given rs 2 lakh as commission did not materialise and hence lokhande should in fact return the money this made lokhande and his accomplices angry they beat amle with a wire injuring him grievously he also took away amles mobile phone costing rs 10000 bari said the prosecution examined five witnesses to prove the guilt of the accused