Smt. Bharati H. Dangre, J.

1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. Heard by consent of the parties.

2. On 7th May, 2017 one Smt. Dipika Prakash Amin working as Bank Cashier with the Saraswat Cooperative Bank Ltd. Vikhroli, lodged complaint stating therein that on 19.12.2016 while she was discharging her duties as cashier one Ms. Sanskriti Salia with A/c No.055203100000285 deposited old currency notes to the tune of Rs.40,500/. When these notes tendered by the customer, were placed in the Fake Note/Counterfeit Money Detector Machine, three notes of denomination of Rs.1,000/and two notes of denomination of Rs.500/i.e. total amount of Rs.4,000/were found to be counterfeit. On inquiry from Ms. Sanskriti Salia, she informed that the said notes were her saving and in the wake of demonetization she had deposited the said amount. Ms. Sanskriti complied with the directions issued by the Bank authorities and the complaint filed by Smt. Dipika was registered as CR No.22 of 2017 and offences under Section 489(B) of Indian Penal Code (“IPC”, for short) came to be registered against