Ranchi, Aug 27 - A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Jharkhand Thursday sentenced 10 people to four years in jail each for fraudlent withdrawl of Rs.13.69 crore from the treasury.

Special CBI judge A.S. Ansari also imposed fines ranging from Rs.200,000 to Rs.1 million on the 10 including Sunil Gandhi, a supplier of fodder, who submitted fake bills. Gandhi was fined Rs.1 million.

The 10 were among the 42 people convicted Tuesday for the fraudulent withdrawal from the Gumla district treasury.

The court had sentenced 11 convicts to three years in jail Tuesday and 19 to jail terms ranging from four to seven years Wednesday.

There were total of 53 accused in the case. Five died during the trial, two are absconding, one pleaded guilty, one turned approver for the CBI and two were acquitted by the court.

When Jharkhand was carved out from Bihar in 2000, 53 of the total 61 cases in the scam were transferred here and seven CBI courts set up for speedy trials.