Rathnakala, J.

1. The petitioner/6th accused, is charge sheeted along with co-accused in respect of the offence punishable under Section 306 read with Section 34 of IPC.

2. The allegation of the prosecution is, the accused No. 2 and 4 took the title deed pertaining to the house property from the father of the complainant viz. Late Venkatesh; in connivance with the co-accused fabricated the documents pertaining to said property in the name of 1st accused and availed a loan of Rs. 8.40 Lakhs(Rupees Eight Lakhs Forty Thousand Only) from the State Bank of Travancore. Thereafter, the Bank Authority and also accused persons started pestering the deceased Venkatesh which drove him to frustration so as to commit a suicide. At the relevant point of time, the petitioner herein was working as Manager in State Bank of Travancore and 5th accused was the Field Officer.

3. Sri C.H. Jadhav, learned Senior Counsel for Smt. Rashmi Jadhav, appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner being the Bank Manager was not the final authority to sanction the loan. At the relevant point of time, A1-Siddana Gowda applied for loan on the basis of the documents which is now alleged to be false doc