PILIBHIT: A district judge here got the shock of his life on Saturday when he went to a nationalised bank to check his account balance. He was duped of Rs 14 lakh of his savings. District and sessions judge of Pilibhit, Vinay Kumar, was duped of the huge sum in the course of about two months and he did not know about his depleting account balance as his mobile number was not registered with the bank. Kumar was maintaining the account in State Bank of India's main branch in Pilibhit.According to the police, all the withdrawals were done through internet banking since February 23. But, because the mobile number of the judge was not registered with the bank records, he could not get any intimation about the series of illegal withdrawals.The matter came to the light on April 2 when Kumar sought the statement of the account from the bank to know the balance. The police have lodged an FIR into the matter on the complaint of the judge, and have deployed a special team of cyber cell to crack the case and nab the culprits.The judge told TOI that his savings of at least six years have been wiped off.Because Kumar never received any mobile message from the bank after the transactions, he was under the impression that everything was normal. Branch manager BP Verma said that the culprits were doing transactions through the account of the district judge almost every day . The most surprising fact is that the dupers have also deposited small amounts into the account.The SHO of Pilibhit Kotwali police station Bharat Kumar Verma said that the police have lodged an FIR against anonymous persons under relevant sections of IPC as well as Section 66 of IT act. The police officer expressed confidence that the culprits will be nabbed soon.When asked why the bank did not register the mobile number of the district judge with his saving account's records, manager Verma said, “The savings account of Kumar was under CIF (Customer Identity Form) category and had been transferred to our branch from Mirzapur. But as the Pilibhit branch of the SBI comes under non-CIF category , the specific details of the district judge could not be added and recorded with Pilibhit branch.“