JUDGMENT

First among the captioned matters is filed by the wife of a deceased employee of the first respondent Co-operative Bank, who was arrayed as the first accused in FIR.No.89 registered on 3.7.2003 in the Atholi Police Station, along with others, while working as Branch Manager. The petitioner is also arrayed in that case as the 6th accused. The allegation against them was that during the period from 10.5.2002 to 25.4.2003, while the first accused, petitioner's husband, was in charge of the branch, accused persons 2 to 8, ie., including the petitioner, pledged different fake ornaments and availed loans to the tune of Rs.25,18,150/-. Two months thereafter, on 22.7.2003, petitioner's husband died in a motor accident. Following directions issued by this Court in these cases, a report is filed on behalf of the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Crime Branch CID, Kozhikode stating that the investigation is nearly complete and the handwriting etc. have been recorded and as on the date of the said report, i.e., 8.4.2008, the investigation conducted so far does not reveal that the 6th accused, viz., the petitioner is an accused.

2. Following the demise of her husband, the petitioner appl