ORDER

S. Nagamuthu, J.—The petitioner is the 11th accused in CC No. 410 of 2003 on the file of the judicial Magistrate No. 2 Kulithalai, Karur District. The respondent has filed the final report against the petitioner for alleged offences under Section 120(b) read with Sections 409, 468, 467 and 477A and 471 IPC.

2. Admittedly, the petitioner was working as the Special Officer of Co-operative Rural Bank at Nangavaram, Kulithalai Taluk, between 18.1.1989 to 11.6.1990. As per the bye-law of the said Bank, the duty of the petitioner is that he has to supervise the day-to-day affairs of the administration at the Bank and to verify the accounts of the society and also to issue order sanctioning loan to the members of the society.

3. In respect of the affairs of the society, an enquiry was ordered under Section 81 of the Tamil Nadu Co-operative Societies Act (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”). One Mr. S. Gurubarasundaram who was appointed as Enquiry Officer has held enquiry and has submitted a report to the Deputy Registrar wherein he has stated that the employees of the bank have committed serious irregularities hereby causing huge loss to the society played by the petitioner, in hi