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. 1814 of 2007() ------------------------------ CRA.270/2005 of ADDITIONAL SESSIONS COURT (ADHOC) FAST TRACK-II, PATHANAMTHITTA ST.404/2003 of CHIEF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE COURT, PATHANAMTHITTA .................... REVN. PETITIONER: APPELLANT/ACCUSED ------------------------------------------------------- GEETHA, SARAS, KARAKKAD P.O., ALAPPUZHA DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.C.B.SREEKUMAR RESPONDENTS: RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT AND STATE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. P.K.DEVARAJAN, BHAMASADANAM, VAKAYAR, KONNI, PATHANAMTHITTA DISTRICT, REP. BY HIS POWER OF ATTORNEY HOLDER T.K.MOHANAN, THULASI SADANAM, KARAKKAD P.O., ALAPPUZHA DIST. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.JIKKU JACOB 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.1814 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 six months and to pay a compensation of Rs.3,00,000/- 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 six months' time from today onwards to pay the amount of compensation. She shall appear before the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court-Pathanamthitta on 26.10.2007 to receive the sentence. Non bailable warrant, pending, if any shall be kept in abeyance till 26.10.2007. The criminal revision petition is disposed of as above. K.R.UDAYABHANU, JUDGE csl