( 1 ) THE petitioner S. Raman, in the Criminal Revision Petition No. 267 of 1976 is the 8th accused in Sessions Case No. 21 of 1975 on the file of the iii Additional Sessions Judge, Bangalore City. He has filed this revision petition assailing the conectness and legality of the order of the Sessions judge dated 9-4-1976 granting pardon to A-4 Natarajan and A-9 Keerthivasna.

( 2 ) THE facts leading up to the filing of this revision petition may be stated as follows: the Corps of Detectives, Bangalore, placed a charge-sheet against 14 accused persons including the revision petitioner before the Metropolitan magistrate, VI Court, Bangalore for offences punishable under Ss. 419, 420, 467, 468, 471, 472, 409; 411 and 489a IPC and Ss. 52 and 70 of the Post office Act read with S. 120-B of the IPC on the allegations that all 14 accused persons between 23-8-1971 and 21-10-1971 at Bangalore, Madras, madurai, Melur, Tuticorn, Trivandrum, Thiruchirapalli and Coimbatore entered into a criminal conspiracy, the common design being to cheat the state Bank of India, Bangalore City and Bangalore Cantonment Branches by opening current accounts in the names of fictitious persons, obtaining cheque boo

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