Heard.

2. Admit. Heard finally by consent.

3. The applicant, who is accused No. 4 in Special Criminal Case No. 3 of 2013 filed against him by the non-applicant for the offences punishable under sections 120-B, 409 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code and also section 13(2) read with section 13(1)(c) and (d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, by this application, has challenged order dated 2-1-2014 passed by the learned Special Judge rejecting his application for discharge from the case.

4. It is the case of the non-applicant that at the relevant time, this applicant, who was working as Manager (Credit) at Regional Office of Union Bank of India, Nagpur and accused Nos. 1 to 3, who were the Deputy General Manager and Assistant General Manager and Branch Manager, Ghat road branch, Nagpur, had made a criminal conspiracy to cheat Union Bank of India by abusing their official positions and ignoring credit norms for favouring a Company, namely M/s Mobile Magic Retail Private Ltd., Nagpur, (for short, "the company") accepted the proposal of the company for taking over its loan account from Bank of India and also granted enhancement of credit limits and thereby caused loss of Rs.5,55,9