Supreme Court of India
Ramkrushna Prahllad Dongardive v. The State of Maharashtra
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What the Court ordered
We are of the considered view that the trial Court had rightly acquitted the appellant.
Judgment, page 28
In brief
The appellant was a Cashier-cum-Counter Clerk in the Telephone Department at Aurangabad who, between 01.07.1993 and 09.10.1993, collected telephone charges from subscribers said to total ₹8,73,737/-. The prosecution alleged ₹3,88,035/- was credited to the Government account belatedly and ₹4,75,702/- was never credited, and a complaint by the Assistant Accounts Officer led to a charge under Section 409 IPC. The Department's own officers admitted that no record was produced showing which receipt books were supplied to the appellant, that the list at Exhibit-9 bore neither his signature nor his handwriting, that daily lists and receipt books tallied on verification, and that no subscriber ever complained of non-receipt of a receipt or of disconnection.…
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