ABLAPL No. 235 of 2016

ABLAPL Nos. 235, 244, 246, 255, 263, 267, 274, 287, 295, 329, 339, 347, 351, 1623, 1629, 1631,

1636, 1656, 1658, 1667, 1684, 1741, 1754, 1769, 1779, 1784, 1796, 1885 of 2016

03.05.2016

Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Addl. Government Advocate.

The petitioner in all these Bail Applications is apprehending arrest for the alleged c

ommission of offences under Sections 420, 406, 468, 471 and 120-B/34 of the I.P.C. in I C.C. N

os. 51 of 2015, 259, 258 of 2014, 49,50, 102,103, 77,100,101,120, 121, 122, 119, 145, 147, 14

9, 161, 162,163, 185, 202, 205, 209,210,211,212, 142 of 2015 respectively, corresponding to G.

R. Case Nos. 162, 158, 159,160,161,163,164,165,169,168 of 2015 of the court of J.M.F.C.(P), Ku

jang, arising out of Paradeep P.S. Case No.38, 34, 35,36,37,39,40,41,45,44 of 2015. But in ABL

APL Nos. 347, 351, 1623, 1629, 1631, 1636, 1656, 1658, 1667, 1684, 1741, 1754, 1769, 1779, 178

4, 1796, 1885 of 2016, no G.R. case or P.S. case has been mentioned.

It is apparent from the records that one Rabindra Behera, Senior Manager, Syndicate Ba

nk, Paradeep Port Branch, Paradeep on behalf of his Syndicate Bank has filed 72 nos. of I C.C.

Cases in the court of J.M.F.C. (P), Kujanga, out of which 35 nos. of cases have already been

registered. The present petitioner was the Branch Manager of Syndicate Bank, Paradeep Port Bra

nch, Paradeep from 21.03.2008 to 16.06.2012. In his tenure, he has given 104 nos. of Housing l

oans amounting to total Rs.18 Crore, out of which about 84 Housing Loans Accounts are given ba

sing upon forged documents. On these 84 Housing Loan Accounts, in which about Rs.14 Crore loan

amount was granted, 72 nos. of I C.C. cases were filed in the court of J.M.F.C.(P), Kujanga,

out of which 35 nos. of cases have been registered. After the transfer of the petitioner, when

loanees receivers did not repay their loans, Bank verified their income tax acknowledgements

from Income Tax Officer, Ward No.1, Paradeep and it was ascertained that the Income Tax acknow

ledgement submitted with the housing loan application form are forged and fake as those were n

ot issued by the Income Tax Officer, Paradeep. Then the present Branch Manager filed the afore

said private complainants in the court of J.M.F.C. (P), Kujang against the petitioner, the loa

nees and the middleman. In the meantime, in some other cases, the petitioner has already been

arrested and as far as G.R. Cases, out of which ABLAPL Nos. 244 of 2016, 246 of 2016 and 329 o

f 2016 arises, the accused has already been taken on remand.

It is submitted by the learned Addl. Government Advocate that the petitioner is in cus

tody and it is seen that the petitioner is a Manager of the Bank and he has advanced loans on

forged documents without verifying it from the Income-Tax Department, which has resulted in lo

ss of Crores of rupees to the bank.

Keeping in view the nature of allegations, facts of the case and the large scale of cr

iminal activity, this Court is not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Acco

rdingly, all the applications for bail stand rejected.

Interim order dated 29.02.2016 stands vacated.

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S.K.Mishra, J.

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