REPORTABLE

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.576 OF 2010

RAM LAL

….Appellant

VERSUS

STATE OF HIMACHAL PRADESH

….Respondent

WITH

CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 577 OF 2010

CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 578 OF 2010

J U D G M E N T

R. BANUMATHI, J.

These appeals arise out of the judgment dated 22.12.2008

passed by the High Court of Himachal Pradesh at Shimla in

Criminal Appeal Nos. 710-712 of 2000 in and by which the High

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Digitally signed by

MAHABIR SINGH

Date: 2018.10.03

15:09:13 IST

Reason:

Signature Not Verified

Court affirmed the judgment passed by the trial court thereby

affirming the conviction of the appellant under Section 13(1)(C) read

with Section 13(2) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and under

Sections 409 and 477-A IPC and the sentence of imprisonment

imposed upon him.

2.

Briefly stated case of the prosecution is that accused was

employed as a Peon in the United Commercial Bank in January

1987. He was assigned the job of the Clerk as there was a

shortage of clerical staff in the bank and his job was of manning

Saving Bank accounts counter. His job was to receive money from

the account holders for d