PRADEEP KAPOOR Vs. C B I

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Heard learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Anurag Khanna appearing for the C.B.I. and learned A.G.A. appearing for the State and perused the record.

(2.) It appears that the applicant was working as Special Assistant in the UCO Bank in Civil Lines Branch at Moradabad when a first information report was lodged by the Assistant General Manager of the Bank alleging that while working as such during the period 2007-08, he abused his official position and fraudulently debited account of the general ledger account of the Bank, inter branch credit note etc. and also various saving bank account of customers and with the connivance of his family and another officer of the Bank defrauded and misappropriated a sum of Rs.97,83,652/- from the Bank and when the aforesaid fraudulent misappropriation was detected during reconciliation, he tried to cover up his fraudulent act and debited some more saving bank accounts of customers and credited the saving bank accounts of customers unauthorizedly causing wrongful pecuniary loss to the Bank and gain to himself and his family members.

(3.) It is urged that the entire prosecution version is fabricated and the applicant is innocent and in fact he could not have known the password of other officials which was changeable after 15 days and he had no authority to pass voucher of the amount mentioned therein and despite the fact that he has remained in jail since March, 2010, even charge has not been framed.