IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.R.UDAYABHANU WEDNESDAY, THE 4TH APRIL 2007 / 14TH CHAITHRA 1929 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 1478 of 2007() ------------------------------ CRA.226/2004 of ADDL.SESSIONS COURT (SPL.CAURT), KOTTAYAM CC.376/2003 of JUDL. MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-II, CHENGANACHERRY .................... REVN. PETITIONER: APPELLANT/ACCUSED ------------------------------------------------------------- REV.FR.M.M.JOSEPH, MUKKATHU, (RETD.PROFESSOR), ROOM NO.14, ST.MARY'S FORANE CHURCH, KURAVILANGADU, KOTTAYAM. BY ADV. SRI.M.RAMESH CHANDER SRI.SIJI ANTONY RESPONDENTS: RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT & STATE -------------------------------------------- 1. P.J.ALEXANDER, POLACKAL HOUSE, NEAR JANATHA HOSPITAL, CHANGANASSERRY P.O., CHANGANASSERRY. 2. STATE OF KERALA REP.BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.C.M.KAMMAPPU THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 04/04/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: K.R.UDAYABHANU, J --------------------------------------------- CRL.R.P.No.1478 of 2007 --------------------------------------------- Dated this the 4th 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, as modified by the appellate court, to imprisonment till the rising of the court and to pay a compensation of Rs.2,00,000/- 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 time to make the payment. In the circumstances, revision petitioner is granted five months' time from today onwards to pay the amount of compensation. He shall appear before the JFCM-II (Mobile), Kottayam - Camp sitting at Changanasserry on 5.9.2007 to receive the sentence. Non bailable warrant, pending, if any shall be kept in abeyance till 5.9.2007. The criminal revision petition is disposed of as above. K.R.UDAYABHANU, JUDGE csl