The Special CBI Chief Judicial Magistrate Court here on Mondaysentenced five persons of a family to undergo three years of rigorous Imprisonment (RI) for availing housing loan submitting forged documents.
A resident of Kapilaprasad under the Airfield police station in the city, Batakrushna Mishra, and his wife Banaja Mishra had availed a housing loan of Rs 15 lakh from the UCO Bank branch in Ashok Nagar. later, their three sons Bibhudatta Mishra, Prabhudatta Mishra and Debadatta Mishra availed more loans of Rs 9.25 lakh submitting false record of rights (ROR), BDA plan, Income Tax returns and forged sell deed. However, after ascertaining that the documents were forged, the bank filed a case with the Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI).
Hearing the case, Special CBI CJM Prasant Kumar Mishra pronounced them guilty under Sections 420, 471 and 120 B of IPC and sentenced them to undergo three years rigorous imprisonment and pay a fine of Rs 10,000 each and in default undergo three more months rigorous imprisonment.
It has been also ascertained that they had also availed housing loans from the Bank of India and the lIC Housing Finance, for which two more cases are pending in court. On the CBI’s behalf, Public Prosecutor Rajeshwar Hota conducted the case.