JUDGMENT

S.K. Sahoo, J. - The appellants Ramesh Chandra Patel (CRLA No. 208 of 2003) and Dibakar Pradhan (CRLA No. 294 of 2003) faced trial in the Court of learned Special Judge (Vigilance), Sambalpur in T.R. Case No.14 of 1995 for offences punishable under section 13(2) read with section 13(1)(c) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (hereafter 1988 Act') and sections 467, 471 read with section 34 of the Indian Penal Code on the accusation that in the month of May 1991, they being the public servants, in furtherance of their common intention committed criminal misconduct by dishonestly misappropriating a sum of Rs.6250/- (rupees six thousand two hundred fifty) entrusted to them, forged certain documents purporting to be valuable security i.e., payment vouchers and L.T.Is. of the payees and also fraudulently used those documents as genuine knowing the same to be forged documents.

The learned trial Court vide impugned judgment and order dated 06.08.2003, found both the appellants guilty of all the charges and sentenced each of them to undergo rigorous imprisonment for one year and to pay a fine of Rs.5,000/- (rupees five thousand) each, in default, to undergo further rigorous impr