Appeal by special leave from the judgment and order dated September 6, 1965 of the Patna High Court in Government Appeal No.
The amounts were drawn, in the usual companyrse, from the treasury, by the said two persons and, ultimately, it came to light that the two persons were fictitious persons, got up by the several accused.
The appellant admitted having attested, in the loan applications of the two individuals companycerned, but he stated that he did so, on the assurance of one Sheojee Prasad Karpardaj.
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Criminal Appeal No.
P. Singh and K. M. K. Nair, for the respondent.
P. Singh and D. N. Misra, for the appellant.
23 of 1962.
The appellant was a Mukhtear, practising at Sitamarhi.
47 of 1966.
It may be stated that this Sheojee Prasad Karpardaj was also charge sheeted, but he has been discharged, even by the companymittal Court.
This explanation has been accepted, by the trial Court and Devendra Prasad was acquitted.
For the relief and rehabilitation, of people who had suffer ed, in 1954, by the heavy floods in Sitamarhi Sub Division, the Government of Bihar was granting loans to needy and suitable persons, under the Agriculturists Loan Act, 1884.
But, when the State appeal, against acquittal, was pending in the High Court, Devendra Prasad died.
