{"id":32178,"date":"2007-02-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-08T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/komalavally-vs-joy-john-on-9-february-2007"},"modified":"2018-12-04T18:56:36","modified_gmt":"2018-12-04T13:26:36","slug":"komalavally-vs-joy-john-on-9-february-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/komalavally-vs-joy-john-on-9-february-2007","title":{"rendered":"Komalavally vs Joy John on 9 February, 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Komalavally vs Joy John on 9 February, 2007<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nCrl MC No. 337 of 2007()\n\n\n1. KOMALAVALLY, W\/O.SUKUMARAN,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. JOY JOHN, S\/O.JOHN, AGED 52 YEARS,\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.V.JOHN SEBASTIAN RALPH\n\n                For Respondent  : No Appearance\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice V.RAMKUMAR\n\n Dated :09\/02\/2007\n\n O R D E R\n                                         V. RAMKUMAR, J.\n\n                               ---------------------------------------------\n\n                                      CRL.M.C. 337 OF 2007\n\n                               ---------------------------------------------\n\n                                    Dt.    FEBRUARY 9, 2006\n\n                                                ORDER\n<\/pre>\n<p>        Petitioner was convicted for  an offence punishable under sec.138 of  the<\/p>\n<p>Negotiable   Instruments  Act  in  respect  of   a cheque  for  a  sum   of  Rs.2,50,000\/-.<\/p>\n<p>The sentence imposed on her was simple imprisonment for six months.   There<\/p>\n<p>was no order for fine nor any order for compensation under sec.357(3) Cr.P.C.<\/p>\n<p>Challenging   the   conviction   entered   and   the   sentence   passed   against   her   the<\/p>\n<p>petitioner  filed Crl.A.No.27\/2007 before the Sessions Court, Ernakulam.  As per<\/p>\n<p>Crl.M.P.712\/2007 she sought for a stay of  suspension of the sentence.   As per<\/p>\n<p>Annexure-I   order   dt.11.1.2007   the   sentence   was   suspended   on   deposit   of<\/p>\n<p>Rs.80,000\/- within one month towards the cheque amount and on execution of a<\/p>\n<p>bond   for   Rs.50,000\/-   with   two   sureties   before   the   trial   court.       It   is   the   above<\/p>\n<p>order which is assailed in this Crl.M.C.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>        2.   The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that in a case where a<\/p>\n<p>sentence of imprisonment alone is imposed on the accused, the maximum that<\/p>\n<p>can happen is a dismissal of her appeal in which case she will have to undergo<\/p>\n<p>imprisonment   only.     Hence   the   direction   to   deposit   Rs.80,000\/-   passed   by   the<\/p>\n<p>lower appellate court is illegal.  I cannot agree.  It is now well settled that even in<\/p>\n<p>a case where a sentence of imprisonment alone has been passed, the appellate<\/p>\n<p>court can while finally disposing of the appeal modify the sentence by reducing<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">CRL.M.C.337\/2007                                     2<\/span><\/p>\n<p>the   imprisonment   and   directing   payment   of   compensation   under   sec.357(3)<\/p>\n<p>Cr.P.C.     If   such   an   order   can   be   passed   at   the   stage   of   final   disposal   of   the<\/p>\n<p>appeal, there is no reason why a direction to pay a part of the cheque amount<\/p>\n<p>cannot be granted at the interlocutory stage.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>        3.      However,  in the  facts  and  circumstances   of  the  case,   a direction  to<\/p>\n<p>deposit Rs.80,000\/- appears to be on the higher side.  In as much as Annexure-I<\/p>\n<p>order   was   passed   at   the   ex   parte   stage,   there   is   no   question   of   hearing   the<\/p>\n<p>complainant.            Hence   I   am   dispensing   with   notice   to   the   1st<\/p>\n<p>respondent\/complainant.   Annexure-I order is accordingly modified directing the<\/p>\n<p>petitioner\/appellant to deposit a sum of Rs.25000\/- within two weeks from today<\/p>\n<p>and   to   execute   a   bond   for   Rs.50,000\/-   with   two   solvent   sureties   to   the<\/p>\n<p>satisfaction of the trial court.   Annexure-I order in the appeal will stand modified<\/p>\n<p>to the above extent.  This Crl.M.C. is disposed of as above.<\/p>\n<p>                                                              (V.RAMKUMAR, JUDGE)<\/p>\n<p>mt\/-\n<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court Komalavally vs Joy John on 9 February, 2007 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM Crl MC No. 337 of 2007() 1. KOMALAVALLY, W\/O.SUKUMARAN, &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. JOY JOHN, S\/O.JOHN, AGED 52 YEARS, &#8230; Respondent 2. STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE For Petitioner :SRI.V.JOHN SEBASTIAN RALPH For Respondent : [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-kerala-high-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Komalavally vs Joy John on 9 February, 2007 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; High Court | Legal India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/komalavally-vs-joy-john-on-9-february-2007\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Komalavally vs Joy John on 9 February, 2007 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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