1. The first accused is the petitioner herein. The revision is filed against his conviction and sentence for the offences under Sections 381, 419, 467, 468, 471 r/w 468 and 420 IPC passed by the trial court and confirmed by the appellate court.

2. The accused along with three others was charged for the offences referred to above as if the accused, who was during the relevant point of time, employed as driver in Kilpauk Medical College and Hospital, along with three others by names Ganesan, who was employee of State Bank of India, Treasury Branch, Chennai, Ramachandran and Rajendran, conspired together to commit an act of forgery and cheating and in continuation of such conspiracy, Ganesan stolen the cheque in question and handed it over to Rajendran, from whom the accused received and fabricated it by altering the payee name and the cheque number and presented it in the bank as genuine one and encashed it through new account opened in MCC bank in fictitious name A.Rajan and misappropriated the sum of Rs.16,930/-thereby committed the acts constituting the offences as referred to above.

3. The criminal prosecution initiated against the four accused is subsequently split