One-year rigorous imprisonment to field officer of SBI in cheating case

The Special Judge for CBI Cases, Bangalore, has convicted M. Ravindranath, the then field officer of State Bank of India, Jalahalli Branch, Bangalore to undergo one-year rigorous imprisonment with a fine of Rs. 30,000 for causing loss of Rs. 2.30 lakhs to the bank.

The CBI had filed a charge sheet against Ravindranath under section 420, 468, 471, 477-A IPC and 13(2) r/w 13(1) (d) of the PC Act-1988.

The allegation as per the charge sheet were that Ravindranath had made false entries, prepared bogus credit / debit vouchers, passed the same and thereby caused a wrongful loss of Rs. 2.30 lakh to State Bank of India and wrongful gain to himself.

The charge sheet in this case was filed on July 10, 1992 and Ravindranath was absconding since August, 1998. He was apprehended in December, 2012 after 14-years of search, which enabled the court to continue with the trial and convicting the accused person.