BAZLUR RAHMAN KHAN vs THE STATE Case No — 1970 PCRLJ 40

Citation: 1970 PCRLJ 40

Court: Dacca

Year: 1969

Decision Date: 1969-06-23

Parties: BAZLUR RAHMAN KHAN vs THE STATE

Headnotes

J 40 Result: Appeal accepted JUDGMENT JUDGMENT SIDDIKY, C. J.-The appellant who was an Assistant Cashier of the Ramna Branch of the National Bank of Pakistan was convicted under section 409 of the Penal Code and sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for five years and to a fine of Rs.

Judgment Text

Court Name: Dacca Judge(s): Abdullah Jabir, B. A. Siddiqi Title: BAZLUR RAHMAN KHAN vs THE STATE Case No.: Criminal Appeal No. 221 of 1960 Date of Judgment:1969-06-23 Reported As: 1970 P Cr. L J 40 Result: Appeal accepted JUDGMENT JUDGMENT SIDDIKY, C. J.-The appellant who was an Assistant Cashier of the Ramna Branch of the National Bank of Pakistan was convicted under section 409 of the Penal Code and sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for five years and to a fine of Rs. 5,000 in default to rigorous imprisonment for further one year, on the following facts. Appellant Bazlur Rahman, as Assistant Cashier of the Ramna Branch of the National Bank of Pakistan, was entrusted on 13-9-61 with a sum of Rs. 70,000 of the said Ramna Branch for depositing the said amount in the local office of the National Bank of Pakistan at Jinnah Avenue, Dacca. On 7-12-61, it came to the notice of the Manager of the local office of the National Bank of Pakistan, Dacca, from correspondence of its Head Office at Karachi, that the said sum of Rs. 70,000 was not deposited with the local office of the Bank on 13-9-61. On scrutiny of the records, it was detected that the said sum of Rs. 70,000 was defalcated and the Manager of the local office lodged a first information report with the Ramna Police on 9-12-61. The police on completion of investigation, submitted charge-sheet against the appellant under section 409 of the Penal Code and later submitted a supplementary charge-sheet against one Moshfequs…

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