IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.S.GOPINATHAN WEDNESDAY, THE 23RD DECEMBER 2009 / 2ND POUSHA 1931 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 1703 of 2009() -------------------------------------------- CRA.306/2008 of ADDL.SESSIONS COURT (ADHOC – I), KOTTAYAM ST.2154/2007 of JUDL. MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-II(MOBILE), KOTTAYAM .................... REVN. PETITIONER(S): APPELLANT/ACCUSED -------------------------------------- JALAJA MANMADHAN, D/O. RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, KUDAPANDPOKAL HOUSE, CHAMPAKKARA P.O., KARUKACHAL, KOTTAYAM. BY ADV. MR.SURIN GEORGE IPE RESPONDENT(S): RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANT & STATE ---------------------------- 1. SELF EMPLOYEES SERVICE SOCIETY, REG.NO.K.705/97, KOTTATHIL BUILDINGS, NEW MARKET ROAD, KOTTAYAM, REPRESENTED BY ITS GENERAL SECRETARY, M.P.JOSEPH, PALATHUSSESERIL HOUSE, GANDHI NAGAR P.O., KOTTAYAM. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. R2 BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR MR.RITHWIK THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 23/12/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: tss P.S.Gopinathan, J. ========================================== Crl.R.P.1703 of 2009 ========================================== Dated this the 23rd day of December, 2009. ORDER 1.The Judicial Magistrate of the First Class-II, (Mobile), Kottayam convicted the revision petitioner for offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act and sentenced to simple imprisonment for one month and a fine of Rs.10,000/-. In Crl.A.306/08, the Additional Sessions Judge (Ad-hoc)-I, Kottayam while confirming the conviction, reduced the sentence to imprisonment till rising of the court and to pay Rs.46,000/- as compensation to the first respondent with a default sentence of simple imprisonment for one month. Now this revision. 2.Learned counsel for the revision petitioner submits that he is seeking only time to remit the compensation. This submission is recorded. The CRRP1703/09 -:2:- revision petition is dismissed. Revision petitioner is granted six months’ time to remit the compensation. Till then, the bail bond executed by him shall remain in force. P.S.Gopinathan, Judge. sl.