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It is the case of petitioner that while he was working
in respondent bank, he was convicted and sentenced to two
years rigorous imprisonment in a Criminal Complaint (CC) No.
28 of 1992 under Section 498A IPC. by learned I Additional
Judicial First Class Magistrate, Narsapur. Aggrieved by the
sentence, he is stated to have preferred Criminal Appeal No. 187
of 1995 on the file of learned Sessions Judge, West Godavari
Division at Eluru. Pending Appeal, sentence of imprisonment
was suspended vide Crl.M.P.No. 1757 of 1995 dated
09.11.1995. Consequent to conviction, petitioner was
dismissed from bank’s service on 04.01.1996 as per Regulation
29(3) (a) of Chapter-4 of Manjeera Grameena Bank Staff
Regulations, 1983 read with Section 10(1)(b)(i) of Banking
Regulation Act, 1949. Petitioner challenged the above said order
of dismissal by filing Writ Petition No. 704 of 1996 during
pendency of Criminal Appeal filed by him. The said Writ Petition
was allowed on 23.01.1996 directing the Bank to continue
petitioner in service. Thereafter, respondent Bank filed Writ
Appeal No. 282 of 1996 against the order dated 23.01.1996
which was allowed on 02.04.1996 stating that suspension of
sentence does not amount to suspension of conviction and
upheld his dismissal. Subsequently, Criminal Appeal No. 187 of
1995 was dismissed whereupon, petitioner filed Criminal
Revision Case No. 859 of 1999 in which permission was
accorded for compounding the offence and thereafter Revision
was disposed of acquitting petitioner of the said offence. In view
of this acquittal, petitioner made representation to respondent
Bank for reinstating him into service for which, respondent
Bank rejected his representation as petitioner was not absolved
of the criminal charges but the offence had been compounded
on the basis of compromise entered into between him and his
wife. Aggrieved by the above decision, petitioner filed another
Writ Petition No. 22505 of 2005 in which this Court on
18.10.2005, gave an interim direction for reinstatement.
Petitioner was reinstated into service on 03.11.2005 and Writ
Petition No. 22505 of 2005 was finally disposed on 17.08.2010
as under:
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