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CASE NO.:

Appeal (civil) 5826 of 2007

PETITIONER:

General Manager, UCO Bank and Anr

RESPONDENT:

M. Venuranganath

DATE OF JUDGMENT: 12/12/2007

BENCH:

Dr. ARIJIT PASAYAT & AFTAB ALAM

JUDGMENT:

J U D G M E N T

CIVIL APPEAL NO. 5826 OF 2007

(Arising out of S.L.P. (C) No.23654 of 2004)

Dr. ARIJIT PASAYAT, J.

1. Leave granted.

2. Challenge in this appeal is to the Judgment of a Division

Bench of the Andhra Pradesh High Court allowing the writ

appeal filed by the respondent.

3. Background facts in a nutshell are as follows:

The respondent, who, at the relevant point of time was

Branch Manager of appellant No.l-Bank and was posted at

Nellore in Andhra Pradesh was charged and tried along with

one Shrinivasulu s/o Chenchuramaiah for offences

punishable under Sections 120-B, 471 and 477 of Indian

Penal Code 1860 (in short the ’the IPC’) and Section 5(2) read

with Section 5 (1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947

(in short the ’Prevention of Corruption Act’). Both the accused

persons were tried in the Court of Special Judge for CBI cases.

They were acquitted by judgment dated 11.12.2002 giving

them b