Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 18: Special Judge Anticorruption (CBI Cases), B L Bhat today awarded two years rigorous imprisonment and fine of Rs 5 lakh to Vijay Kumar Trikha, then Manager State Bank of India (SBI), Samba branch Samba after 11 years long investigation and Trial. The Court ordered that realization of amount of fine from the estate of convict unless paid within 30 days.
According to the prosecution case, on January 10, 2002 a case was registered on the basis of a source information that during the year 2001 accused Vijay Kumar working as Manager (PBD) and one Ajit Parsad working as Cashier at Kehli Mandi Branch of SBI entered into a criminal conspiracy and defrauded SBI to the tune of Rs 4,82,599 by opening fictitious bank accounts and Special Term Deposit Accounts in the name of non-existing persons and made unauthorized credits and withdrawals on the basis of fake vouchers.
CBI/ACB Jammu after completion of the investigation presented challan against Vijay Kumar Trikha, then Manager PBD) State Bank of India Branch Samba.
After hearing Senior PP SK Bhat for CBI, Special Judge Anticorruption (CBI cases) observed, “on appreciation of evidence commission of offence under Sections 420/467/468/471/477-A, 201 RPC and Prevention of Corruption Act is made out against the accused”.
With these observations, the Court awarded two years RI and fine of Rs 5 lakh to the accused Vijay Kumar Trikha.
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