Judgment :

Suvra Ghosh, J.

1. The criminal appeal is directed against judgment and order of conviction dated 24-08-2011 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, 1st Court (Special Court), Paschim Medinipur in Special Trial No. 12 of 2004. By the judgment impugned, the learned trial court convicted the appellant and sentenced him to suffer rigorous imprisonment for 10 (ten) years and to pay fine of Rs.5000/- (Rupees five thousand only), in default, to suffer rigorous imprisonment for another two years.

2. One Ashim Chakraborty, branch manager of Indian Bank, Kharagpur branch at the relevant time and defacto complainant of the case, lodged complaint before Kharagpur police station to the effect that the accused- appellant Purna Chandra Soren joined Kharagpur branch of the bank on 08-06-2000 as Assistant Manager on account of his transfer from Indian Bank, Allahabad branch and accordingly, his N.S.C. II loan account was also transferred to his new place of posting along with documents pertaining to the said loan. The accused was entrusted with the charge of the loan section of the bank and dealt with loans with regard to other staff of the bank, members of public as well as his o