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. 659 of 2007() ----------------------------- CRA.320/2006 of ADDL. SESSIONS COURT (FAST TRACK)-II, ALAPPUZHA CC.474/2005 of CHIEF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE, ALAPPUZHA .................... REVN. PETITIONER: APPELLANT/ACCUSED ----------------------------------------------------------- PRASANNAKUMARI, USHAS, PALAKKULAM, AVALAKKUNNU P.O., ALAPPUZHA. BY ADV. SRI.GEORGE MATHEW RESPONDENTS: RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT & STATE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. JANCY JOSEPH, AGED 14 YEARS, PUTHENPURACKAL, AVALUKKUNNU P.O., ALAPPUZHA. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED 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.659 of 2007 --------------------------------------------- Dated this the 12th 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.1,78,000/- to the complainant vide Section 357 (3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure and in default, to undergo simple imprisonment for three months. 2. Counsel for the revision petitioner has only sought for modification of the sentence and time to pay the amount of compensation. In the circumstances, the 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. He shall appear before the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court, Alappuzha on 15.10.2007 to receive the sentence. Non bailable warrant, pending, if any shall be kept in abeyance till 15.10.2007. The criminal revision petition is disposed of as above. K.R.UDAYABHANU, JUDGE csl