BANK MANAGER SENTENCED WITH A FINE OF RS.FIVE LAKH IN A CBI CASE.

New Delhi: 24.02.2005

The Special Judge, Delhi has convicted Sh. R.K.Kaushik a former Senior
Manager of New Bank of India, Nehru Place New Delhi for amassing
assets disproportionate to his known sources of income and sentenced
him to undergo two years rigorous imprisonment with a fine of Rs. 5
lakh for commission of offence u/s 13(1)(e) punishable u/s 13(2) of the
PC Act 1988. The case was registered on 10.6.1992.

The CBI investigation revealed that the accused R.K.Kaushik had
possessed disproportionate assets to the tune of Rs.16,71,250/- during
the period from April 1980 to December 1989. After completion of
investigation, a chargesheet was filed in the court of Special Judge,
Delhi on 24.12.1999. The Designated Court found the accused guilty
for the offence and convicted him.

In another case, the Designated Court, Jaipur has convicted and
sentenced accused persons S/Sh. Pawan Kumar Agrawal, Mahesh Kumar, Phool
Singh, Ram Avtar Agrawal, Prakash Chandra Jain & Pawan Kumar Jain to
undergo rigorous imprisonment for one year with a fine of Rs.500/- and
Shri Lalita Prasad Mathur to undergo three months rigorous imprisonment
with a fine of Rs.500/-.

The case was registered on 30.12.1988 against Shri Pawan Kumar Agarwal
and six others on the allegation that they entered into criminal
conspiracy in lifting 222 bales of controlled cloth from National Textile
Corporation worth Rs,7,70,000/- and disposed it off in the open market
against the provisions of Rajasthan Controlled Cloth (Sales and
Distribution Control) Order, 1975 which prescribed that sales should be
made only to the weaker sections of society. After conclusion of trial,
the Designated Court, Jaipur pronounced the Judgement and convicted the
accused persons.