Lucknow: A CBI court in Ghaziabad on Friday sentenced former sub-postmaster Ved Prakash Pandey to three years’ imprisonment and imposed a fine of ₹25,000 for misappropriating ₹15.27 lakh belonging to the postal department.
The court convicted him after trial in a case registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in December 2008. The prosecution said Pandey dishonestly misappropriated funds deposited by 51 account holders, causing wrongful loss to the postal department and corresponding wrongful gain to himself. The CBI registered the case on Dec 17, 2008. After investigation, it filed a chargesheet on Sept 30, 2009.
Pandey was posted at the Beg Muzaffar Khan Post Office in Agra, Uttar Pradesh , when the alleged fraud took place. During the trial, the court examined documentary evidence relating to deposits, passbook entries, ledgers, and discrepancies across the post office records before pronouncing conviction and sentence.