Supreme Court of India
Ram Sharan Chaturvedi v. The State of Madhya Pradesh
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We are of the opinion that the prosecution failed to establish the circumstances in which the Appellant, being the custodian of only one set of the keys for the dual lock system functional in the Bank, could alone be made responsible for provi ding access to the strong room and the safe in the Bank.
Judgment, page 12
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Penal Code, 1860: ss. 201, 380, 435, 457 and 477 rw s. 120B – Theft of cash from the Bank – Criminal conspiracy – Pr osecution of three employees of the Bank, for offences of the ft of Rs. Six Lakhs from the safe and strong room of the Bank, house -trespass, destruction of valuable security, and other offences – M ain accused persons A1 and A2 convicted and sentenced concurren tly on the basis of the oral and documentary evidence, as per which the m oney is proved to have been recovered from their possession – Appe llant, head cashier in the custody of one of the keys of t he dual locker
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