A special CBI court in Lucknow sentenced a former Bank of Baroda branch manager to four years’ imprisonment and a ₹30,000 fine on 2 November 2026 in a bribery case registered in 2015. Multiple news outlets reported the outcome citing a CBI statement. The original signed court judgment was not independently inspected.
The conviction and sentence
A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Lucknow convicted former Bank of Baroda branch manager Subodh Kumar Rastogi and sentenced him to four years’ imprisonment and a ₹30,000 fine on 2 November 2026, according to reports published by Hindustan Times, Business Today and The Times of India. All three attribute the outcome to a CBI statement or press note. Rastogi was the manager of the bank’s Balrampur branch in Uttar Pradesh when the underlying case arose.
This is a reported conviction following a trial, not merely an FIR or arrest. At the same time, the full signed judgment was not independently available for this article, and the sources inspected did not confirm whether any appeal or suspension of sentence has followed. The case should therefore not be described as beyond all possible legal challenge.
How a loan case reached a criminal court
The CBI registered the case on 26 October 2015 after a borrower complained about demands for money associated with a loan to expand a solar-lights business. The reported lending arrangement involved a ₹5 lakh sanctioned loan, including ₹1.25 lakh as a term-loan disbursement and ₹3.75 lakh as a cash-credit facility.
The complaint alleged that approximately ₹25,000 had earlier been collected on the pretext of charges and that a further ₹25,000 was demanded. According to the CBI account reported by the publications, investigators arranged a trap and caught the then manager accepting ₹10,000. After investigation, the CBI filed a chargesheet on 18 December 2015.
Key dates in the case
- 26 October 2015: CBI registered the case following a borrower’s complaint.
- 18 December 2015: CBI filed the chargesheet.
- 2 November 2026: The special court in Lucknow pronounced the reported conviction and sentence.
- 3–4 November 2026: Newspapers published details attributed to the CBI press note.
What the decision does and does not establish
The reported trial-court decision concerns one former branch manager and the facts of that prosecution. It is not a new general rule on loan processing or a statement that other employees of Bank of Baroda were involved. The allegations in the 2015 complaint should be understood in light of the later reported conviction; they must not be extended to unrelated officers or borrowers.
The publicly available reports do not supply the full text of the judgment, its detailed legal reasoning or the current appellate position. Those limits are important for any later update on the matter. The professional lesson is the importance of lawful, documented loan charges and clear separation between authorised fees and personal payments, not an assumption about wrongdoing by other bank staff.
Sources and References
- Hindustan Times: Ex-bank manager gets 4-yr jail in bribery case in UP’s Balrampur (2026-11-03)
- Business Today: Caught taking ₹10,000 bribe: Former Bank of Baroda branch manager gets 4-year jail term (2026-11-03)
- The Times of India: Ex-bank manager gets 4 years jail in bribery case (2026-11-04)
Please consult the cited sources and check the exact applicability of any legal or employment change. Corrections are welcomed.
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