IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.R.UDAYABHANU TUESDAY, THE 10TH APRIL 2007 / 20TH CHAITHRA 1929 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 1550 of 2007() ------------------------------ CRA.428/2004 of ADDL. SESSIONS COURT (FAST TRACK)-II, ALAPPUZHA CC.552/1999 of JDUL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS, RAMANKARI .................... REVN. PETITIONER: APPELLANT/ACCUSED -------------------------------------------------------------- BABU PRASAD, S/O.PURUSHOTHAMAN, PUTHUVALACHIRA VEEDU, THOTTUVATHALA, KAINAKARY, ALAPPUZHA. BY ADV. SRI.K.A.SALIL NARAYANAN RESPONDENTS: RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT & STATE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. LAKSHMANAN JANARDHANAN, POURNAMI, THIRUVAMPADY,ALAPPUZHA. 2. STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.C.M.KAMMAPPU THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 10/04/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: K.R.UDAYABHANU, J --------------------------------------------- CRL.R.P.No.1550 of 2007 --------------------------------------------- Dated this the 10th 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.25,000/- 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. Revision petitioner is granted three months' time from today onwards to pay the amount of compensation. He shall appear before the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court, Ramankary on 12.7.2007 to receive the sentence. Non bailable warrant, pending, if any shall be kept in abeyance till 12.7.2007. The criminal revision petition is disposed of as above. K.R.UDAYABHANU, JUDGE csl