JUDGMENT :

SASHIKANTA MISHRA, J.

The petitioner was convicted for the offence under Sections 420/468/471 of IPC by learned J.M.F.C., G. Udayagiri in G.R. Case No. 19 of 1994 and was sentenced to undergo Rigorous Imprisonment (R.I.) for 3 years for the offence under Section 468 IPC, R.I. for a period of 3 years under Section 420 IPC and to pay a fine of Rs. 500, in default, to undergo R.I. for one month more and for a period of 6 months under Section 471 of IPC with all the sentences directed to run concurrently vide judgment dated 16.11.1998. The said judgment of conviction and sentence was confirmed by learned Sessions Judge in C.R.A. No. 39 of 1998 as per judgment passed on 24.06.2000.

Being further aggrieved, the petitioner has preferred the instant revision.

2. The prosecution case, briefly stated, is that a complaint was received by the Director, Elementary Education, Odisha, Bhubaneswar from some persons that the petitioner had utilized forged H.S.C. Board Certificate and Secondary Teachers Training Pass Certificate to get employment as a teacher. The matter being enquired, it was found that neither the H.S.C. Board Certificate nor the Secondary Teachers Training Certificate had