JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Criminal Appeal has been filed under Section 374 of Cr.P.C., pleased to set aside the order of conviction passed by the Learned XI Additional Special Judge (CBI Cases relating to Banks and Financial Institutions), Chennai, passed in C.C.No.54 of 2004, dated 21.12.2012 and acquit the appellant.)

1. The appellant herein, is the accused in C.C.No.54 of 2004 on the file of the XI Additional Special Judge (CBI Cases Relating to Banks and Financial Institutions), Chennai.

2. Based on the reliable information received at the office of the Superintendent of Police, CBI ACB, Chennai a case was registered against the appellant for the offences of criminal conspiracy with unknown persons to cheat Indian Bank and its depositors and in pursuant to the conspiracy committed various illegal acts such as forgery, using forged documents as genuine and criminal misconduct of a public servant.

3. After completion of investigation, it was found that FDR''s in respect of 9 deposits were forged and from those deposits, loans sanctioned fraudulently using forged documents as genuine to d