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REPORTABLE

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 335 OF 2005

VINAYAK NARAYAN DEOSTHALI

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APPELLANT

VERSUS

CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

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RESPONDENT

JUDGMENT

N.V. RAMANA, J.

This appeal is directed against the judgment dated 3^rd

December, 2004 of the Special Court (Trial of offences relating to

transactions in Securities) at Bombay in Special Case No. 3 of 1995

whereby the Special Judge convicted and sentenced the appellant for

the offences under Sections 409/120B, 403, 477-A/109, IPC and

Section 13(2) read with Section 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of

Corruption Act, 1988.

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The prosecution story, briefly stated, is that during the year

1991, the appellant (accused No.1) while he was working as

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Assistant Manager in the Securities Department of UCO Bank,

Hamam Street Branch, Mumbai in connivance with a colleague of the

Bank (accused No. 2) hatched a criminal conspiracy with the

infamous share & stock broker of Bombay of those times, Harshad S.

Mehta (accused No. 3) with the object of cheating