IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.S.GOPINATHAN FRIDAY, THE 11TH DECEMBER 2009 / 20TH AGRAHAYANA 1931 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 3856 of 2009() ------------------------------ CRA.36/2009 of ADDL. SESSIONS COURT (ADHOC-II), ERNAKULAM CC.1053/1998 of ADDL.CHIEF JUDL.MAGISTRATE, ERNAKULAM .................... REVN. PETITIONERS/APPELLANTS/ACCUSED: ------------------------------------------------- 1. MARIA CEMENTS, MATHA SHOPPING COMPLEX, TRIPUNITHURA, ERNAKULAM, REPRESENTED BY ITS PARTNER P.Z.PAULOSE. 2. PAULOSE, PARTNER, MARIA CEMENTS, MATHA SHOPPING COMPLEX, TRIPUNITHURA, ERNAKULAM. BY MR.JOSEPH A.VADAKKEL, ADVOCATE MR.GEORGE KARITHANAM VARGHESE, ADVOCATE MR.JOSE KURIAKOSE (VILANGATTIL), ADVOCATE RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT AND STATE: -------------------------------------------------------------- 1. MALABAR CEMENTS LTD., REP.BY ITS HEAD OFFICE AT WALAYAR AND BRANCH OFFICE AT MARKET ROAD, NORTH END, ERNAKULAM, REP.BY ITS SALES MANAGER, V.A.MOHAMMED. 2. STATE OF KERALA REP.BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR MR.JAYAKRISHNAN THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 11/12/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: P.S.GOPINATHAN,J. ========================== Crl.R.P.No.3856 of 2009 ========================== Dated this the 11th day of December, 2009 ORDER The Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ernakulam, in C.C.No.1053/1998 on his file convicted the revision petitioners for offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act and the first revision petitioner was sentenced to a fine of Rs.2,00,000/-(Rupees two lakhs only). The second revision petitioner was sentenced to simple imprisonment for six months and a fine of Rs.10,000/-(Rupees ten thousand only). In Crl.Appeal No.36/2009 the conviction was confirmed. The sentence imposed on the first revision petitioner was reduced to a fine of Rs.25,000/-(Rupees twenty five thousand only). The sentence of the second revision petitioner was reduced to imprisonment till rising of the court and to pay a fine of Rs.1,07,400/-(Rupees one lakh seven thousand and four hundred only) with a default sentence of simple imprisonment for three months. Now this revision petition. The learned counsel for the revision petitioners submitted that he is seeking only time for payment of fine. Submission is recorded. Revision petition is dismissed. The revision Crl.R.P.No.3856/2009 2 petitioners are granted six months time to pay the fine. Till then, the bail bond executed by them shall remain in force. P.S.GOPINATHAN, JUDGE. dvs