The net profit of the bank in the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal stood at Rs 7.42 crore.
The bank's gross and net non-performing assets (NPAs) were trimmed substantially during October-December quarter, it said in a filing to the BSE.
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Bank's provisioning towards bad loans and contingencies were cut to Rs 61.24 crore from Rs 67.66 crore a year earlier.
Gross NPAs were at 3.4 per cent during October-December period of 2014-15, down from 5.6 per cent a year ago.
Net NPAs stood at 2.37 per cent in Q3 FY15, as against 4.33 per cent a year ago.
Shares of the bank traded 2.11 per cent higher at Rs 91.75 apiece in the afternoon trade on the BSE.
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