IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.R.UDAYABHANU FRIDAY, THE 27TH APRIL 2007 / 7TH VAISAKHA 1929 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 1815 of 2007() ------------------------------ CRA.459/2000 of ADDL. SESSIONS COURT (FAST TRACK-I), TRIVANDRUM CC.560/1996 of JUDL. MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS COURT-I, NEYYATTINKARA .................... REVN. PETITIONER: /APPELLANT/ACCUSED ------------------------------------------------------- VIJAYAN, S/O. CHARLEY MESTHIRI, PEKKOTTUVILA VEEDU, KORAKULAM, R.C.STREET, NEYYATTINKARA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.G.P.SHINOD SRI.RAM MOHAN.G. SRI.MANU V. RESPONDENTS: RESPONDENT/STATE AND COMPLAINANT --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR AT HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. 2. AUGUSTIN, S/O ALEXANDER, NEAR R.C.CHURCH, R.C.STREET, ANTHIKKADA, KADAVATTARAM, NEYYATTINKARA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM DISTRICT. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.BENJAMIN PAUL THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 27/04/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: K.R.UDAYABHANU, J --------------------------------------------- CRL.R.P.No.1815 of 2007 --------------------------------------------- Dated this the 27th day of April, 2007 O R D E R The revision petitioner stands convicted for the offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act and sentenced to undergo simple imprisonment for three months and to pay a compensation of Rs.35,000/- to the complainant vide Section 357 (3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. 2. Counsel for the revision petitioner has only sought for modification of the sentence and time to make the payment. In the circumstances, sentence is modified to imprisonment till the rising of the court. The rest of the sentence is confirmed. The revision petitioner is granted four months' time from today onwards to pay the amount of compensation. He shall appear before the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court-I, Neyyattinkara on 30.8.2007 to receive the sentence. Non bailable warrant, pending, if any shall be kept in abeyance till 30.8.2007. The criminal revision petition is disposed of as above. K.R.UDAYABHANU, JUDGE csl