{"id":146234,"date":"2009-08-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-25T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/bhagavath-singh-vs-state-of-kerala-on-26-august-2009"},"modified":"2015-10-31T03:47:41","modified_gmt":"2015-10-30T22:17:41","slug":"bhagavath-singh-vs-state-of-kerala-on-26-august-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/bhagavath-singh-vs-state-of-kerala-on-26-august-2009","title":{"rendered":"Bhagavath Singh vs State Of Kerala on 26 August, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Bhagavath Singh vs State Of Kerala on 26 August, 2009<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nCrl.Rev.Pet.No. 2432 of 2009()\n\n\n1. BHAGAVATH SINGH, S\/O.JAYACHANDRAN,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.G.SUDHEER\n\n                For Respondent  :PUBLIC PROSECUTOR\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice THOMAS P.JOSEPH\n\n Dated :26\/08\/2009\n\n O R D E R\n                         THOMAS P JOSEPH, J\n                   ----------------------------------------\n                       Crl.R.P.No.2432 of 2009\n                    ---------------------------------------\n                 Dated this 26th day of August 2009\n\n                                  ORDER\n<\/pre>\n<p>      Petitioner along with two others faced trial in the court of learned<\/p>\n<p>Judicial Magistrate of First Class, Thiruvananthapuram in C.C.No.309 of<\/p>\n<p>2000 for offence punishable under section 420 r\/w section 34 of the<\/p>\n<p>Penal Code (for short, &#8220;the Code&#8221;). Case is that petitioner and accused<\/p>\n<p>Nos.2 and 3 induced PWs.1 to 3 and husband of PW4 to believe that<\/p>\n<p>petitioner and accused Nos. 2 and 3 could procure visa for them for job<\/p>\n<p>abroad and collected various amounts and their passports from them<\/p>\n<p>on 31-01-1996. Further amounts were collected on 06-06-1999 also.<\/p>\n<p>But as promised petitioner or accused Nos.2 and 3 did not procure visa<\/p>\n<p>for PWs.1 to 3 and husband of PW4. On their demanding repayment of<\/p>\n<p>the amount, petitioner and accused Nos.2 and 3 refused. Alleging that<\/p>\n<p>they were dishonestly induced by petitioner and accused Nos.2 and 3<\/p>\n<p>to part with the money on a false promise of arranging visa a<\/p>\n<p>complaint was preferred to the police.            Police after investigation<\/p>\n<p>submitted final report against petitioner and accused Nos.2 and 3.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecution examined PWs.1 to 6 and proved as Exts.P1 to P5.<\/p>\n<p>Petitioner and accused Nos.2 and 3 examined as DW1 and proved<\/p>\n<p>Ext.D1. Learned magistrate found that the involvement of accused<\/p>\n<p>Nos.2 and 3 is not proved beyond reasonable doubt and acquitted<\/p>\n<p>them. Petitioner was found guilty and convicted under section 420 of<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">Crl.R.P.No.2432 of 2009             2<\/span><\/p>\n<p>the Code. He was sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for<\/p>\n<p>three months and to pay compensation to PWs.1 to 4 at the rate of<\/p>\n<p>Rs.15000\/- each and in default of payment to undergo simple<\/p>\n<p>imprisonment for four months. Appellate court did not interfere with<\/p>\n<p>the conviction, sentence or direction for payment of compensation. It<\/p>\n<p>is contended in this revision that conviction and sentence of petitioner<\/p>\n<p>are not legal or proper.\n<\/p>\n<p>      2.     PWs.1 to 4 have given evidence regarding the alleged<\/p>\n<p>incident. They have stated that on a promise of arranging visa for<\/p>\n<p>PWs.1 to 3 and the husband of PW4, they paid money to the petitioner<\/p>\n<p>on various dates. PW5 stated that he had accompanied PWs.1 to 4 to<\/p>\n<p>the house of petitioner to make payment on 06-06-1996. He claimed<\/p>\n<p>to have seen PW3 paying Rs.60000\/- to the petitioner. Ext.P2 is an<\/p>\n<p>agreement found by the courts below as executed by accused No.2<\/p>\n<p>wherein there is reference to receiving Rs.60000\/- for arranging visa<\/p>\n<p>for PWs.1 to 3 and the husband of PW4. Learned magistrate referred<\/p>\n<p>to Ext.A2 and other circumstances and found that it corroborated the<\/p>\n<p>evidence of PWs.1 to 4. PW6 the Sub Inspector registered the case.<\/p>\n<p>Ext.P6 is the mahazar for verification of visa produced by PW1. PWs.1<\/p>\n<p>to 5 had referred to that going to the office of the petitioner at<\/p>\n<p>Trivandrum in connection with the deal. Petitioner examined DW1 to<\/p>\n<p>say that in the building belonging to DW1 (and suggested by PWs.1 to<\/p>\n<p>5), petitioner was not having any office of travel agency. That<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">Crl.R.P.No.2432 of 2009            3<\/span><\/p>\n<p>according to PW1, was given by the petitioner. But DW1 does not<\/p>\n<p>know whether petitioner was conducting any travel agency in his<\/p>\n<p>building during 1998-1999.       Courts below have considered the<\/p>\n<p>evidence on record and found that petitioner dishonestly induced<\/p>\n<p>PWs.1 to 4 to part with money on a false promise to arrange visa and<\/p>\n<p>thus cheated them. On going through the judgments under challenge<\/p>\n<p>and hearing learned counsel I find no reason to interfere with the<\/p>\n<p>concurrent finding that petitioner committed offence punishable under<\/p>\n<p>section 420 of the Code.\n<\/p>\n<p>      4.     What remained for consideration is whether sentence<\/p>\n<p>imposed is excessive.     It is submitted by      learned counsel that<\/p>\n<p>petitioner is not involved in any other case.     Having regard to the<\/p>\n<p>nature of offence and circumstances proved in the case I am inclined<\/p>\n<p>to think that simple imprisonment till rising of the court is sufficient in<\/p>\n<p>the ends of justice.\n<\/p>\n<p>      5.     At the same time, PWs.1 to 4 who parted with money in<\/p>\n<p>favour of petitioner cannot be forgotten. Learned magistrate observed<\/p>\n<p>that there is no acceptable evidence as to the exact amount they had<\/p>\n<p>given to the petitioner. True, PWs.1 to 4 were not able to produce<\/p>\n<p>documentary evidence to prove the exact amount they had given to<\/p>\n<p>the petitioner. Ext.P2 only refers to the lumpsum of Rs.60000\/-. As<\/p>\n<p>per the evidence of PWs.1 to 4 the transaction was in the year 1996<\/p>\n<p>and 1999. Learned magistrate directed petitioner to pay compensation<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">Crl.R.P.No.2432 of 2009              4<\/span><\/p>\n<p>of Rs.15000\/- each to PWs.1 to 4. The revisional court is competent to<\/p>\n<p>award compensation as per section 357(4) of the Code of Criminal<\/p>\n<p>Procedure. That power included the power to re-fix compensation if<\/p>\n<p>compensation awarded by the court below is not just and proper.<\/p>\n<p>Having regard to the facts and circumstances, I direct that petitioner<\/p>\n<p>has to pay compensation of Rs.25,000\/- each to PWs.1 to 4. In case of<\/p>\n<p>failure he has to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of six<\/p>\n<p>months.\n<\/p>\n<p>      Resultantly, this revision petition is allowed in part to the<\/p>\n<p>following extent:\n<\/p>\n<p>  1. Substantive sentence awarded to the petitioner is modified as<\/p>\n<p>     simple imprisonment till rising of the court.\n<\/p>\n<p>  2. Petitioner is directed to deposit in the trial court Rs. 100000\/-<\/p>\n<p>     (Rupees One Lakh Only) on or before 15-12-2009 for payment to<\/p>\n<p>     PWs.1 to 4 by way of compensation in equal proportion, failing<\/p>\n<p>     which petitioner shall undergo simple imprisonment          for six<\/p>\n<p>     months.\n<\/p>\n<p>  3. Petitioner shall appear in the trial court on 17-12-2009 to receive<\/p>\n<p>     the sentence. Execution of warrant if any against the petitioner<\/p>\n<p>     will stand in abeyance till 17-12-2009.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>                                               THOMAS P JOSEPH, JUDGE<br \/>\nSbna\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court Bhagavath Singh vs State Of Kerala on 26 August, 2009 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 2432 of 2009() 1. BHAGAVATH SINGH, S\/O.JAYACHANDRAN, &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY &#8230; Respondent For Petitioner :SRI.G.SUDHEER For Respondent :PUBLIC PROSECUTOR The Hon&#8217;ble MR. 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