N. Appukuttan Pillai vs State Of Kerala

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1998 Supreme(Ker) 538

N. Appukuttan Pillai – Appellant
Versus
State Of Kerala – Respondent

Judgment :-

Petitioners are accused Nos. 1 and 2 in C.C. No. 20 of 1996 on the file of the Enquiry Commissioner and Special Judge, Thiruvananthapuram. The Deputy Superintendent of Police, Vigilance, Kollam, had registered Crime No. 1 of 1995 of the Vigilance Police Station, Kollam on 14-3-1995, under sections 468, 471 and 120 B of the Indian Penal Code and also under section 13(1)(d) read with Section 15 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, against the petitioners, alleging that the first accused, who was the village Officer of Palliman Village committed forgery and changed his date of birth in his SSLC Book and School Records as 7-11-1115 M.E., while his correct date of birth is 7-1-1115 M.E. and entered into criminal conspiracy with the second accused, who changed the date of birth of the first accused in his Service Book as 20-6-1940 instead of 23-8-1939, on the basis of the certificate issued from the State Librarian and allowed the first accused to continue in service after his due date of retirement on 31-8-1994 for the purpose of obtaining pecuniary advantage. Annexure-I is the first information report in Crime No. 1 of 1995. Thereafter a charge-sheet was also filed by