IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.R.UDAYABHANU THURSDAY, THE 12TH APRIL 2007 / 22ND CHAITHRA 1929 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 1623 of 2007() ------------------------------ ST.466/2006 of JUDL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS, MAVELIKKARA .................... REVN. PETITIONER: COMPLAINANT ----------------------------------------------------- K.SANKARAN THAMPI, ANANDA SADANAM, KUTTAMPEROOR MURI, MANNAR VILLAGE, NOW RESIDING AT PADANILATHU PUTHENVEETTIL, KANDIYOOR, MAVELIKKARA. BY ADV. SRI.RASHEED C.NOORANAD RESPONDENTS: RESPONDENT/ACCUSED ----------------------------------------------------------- 1. SOMASEKHARAN, S/O. GOPALAN, DHANAYADHARI MADOM, KURATTISSERY VILLAGE, MANNAR. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.AMJAD ALI THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 12/04/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: K.R.UDAYABHANU, J --------------------------------------------- CRL.R.P.No.1623 of 2007 --------------------------------------------- Dated this the 12th day of April, 2007 O R D E R The revision petitioner is the complainant in the proceedings initiated under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. The same stands dismissed under Section 204(4) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. 2. It is submitted that the steps could not taken in time on account of the lapse on the part of the advocate clerk concerned. In the circumstances, the order of the court below is set aside. The court below is directed to permit the petitioner to further pursue the matter. Revision petitioner shall appear before the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court-Mavelikara on 2.5.2007. The criminal revision petition is allowed. K.R.UDAYABHANU, JUDGE csl