Press Releases by CBI

Press Releases

CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

NEW DELHI, 3rd Febuary, 2004

BANK MANAGER SENTENCED TO SEVEN YEARS RIGOROUS IMPRISONMENT IN A CBI CASE. :
The Special Judge for CBI cases, Bhopal has convicted two bank officials. Sh. Anilesh Tomar, the then Branch Manager and Sh. Pawan Kumar Saxena, Clerk of UCO Bank Piplani, Bhopal and a private person Sh. Sunil Kumar Saxena of M/s Govind Electrodes Pvt. Ltd, Peelukhedi, Distt. Rajgarh for causing loss to the bank and corresponding wrongful gain to themselves to the tune of Rs.15,14,230/-. The court sentenced the three accused to undergo Seven years RI and fine of Rs.25,000/- U/s 120-B r/w 420 IPC and in default of payment of fine to further undergo one year RI. The court also sentenced S/Shri Anilesh Tomar & Pawan Kumar guilty U/s 13(2) r/w 13(i) (ii) (d) of PC Act to undergo Seven years RI and fine of Rs.25,000/- and in default of payment of fine to further undergo one year RI. The sentences will run concurrently.
CBI investigation revealed that Shri Anilesh Tomar while functioning as Branch Manager, UCO Bank entered into criminal conspiracy with Shri Pawan Kumar Saxena and with Shri Sunil Kumar Saxena during the year 1989-90 at Bhopal and elsewhere to commit the offence of cheating the Bank of its funds, falsification of books of accounts of the bank and criminal misconduct. Shri Anilesh Tomar also fraudulently and dishonestly discounted three bogus bills worth Rs.8.55 lacs of M/s Govind Electrodes Pvt. Ltd. by getting them entered in the Book of Accounts of the Bank by Shri Pawan Kumar Saxena and further adjusted the liability in the bill purchase account of the party by debiting to their Cash Credit Account in order to bestow undue official favour on M/s Govind Electrodes Pvt. Ltd.