JUDGMENT :

1. The instant Criminal Acquittal Appeal has been filed by the State against the judgment dated 05.02.2007 passed by the learned 3rd Additional Sessions Judge, Jammu by virtue of which the accused Naresh Kumar Parwakar has been acquitted.

2. Briefly prosecution case before the trial Court was that the respondent while posted as Deputy Director, Libraries prepared papers of fictitious meeting of DPC and forged the signatures of Utter Kumar and SC Vohra, including his own signatures the members of said DPC on 22/23 March 1999 and thereby conferred undue benefit to Irvin Kour, Swarn Kanta, Bihari Lal, Paras Ram, Ashok Kumar and Subash Kour by clearing their names for promotion to higher ranks. In view of the fictitious DPC convened the above said beneficiaries were promoted. The respondent knowingly concealed and destroyed the record of said DPC with a view to destroy the evidence. The beneficiaries were demoted after some time by Director Libraries. One of the beneficiaries Swarn Kanta challenged the order of demotion and sought a direction to implement the DPC convened before the Hon’ble Court. Dy Director S.C. Vohra appeared in the Court and claimed that his signatures hav