{"id":71573,"date":"2007-11-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-11-11T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/g-ramachandran-pillai-vs-vijayachandran-pillai-on-12-november-2007"},"modified":"2015-04-01T15:34:02","modified_gmt":"2015-04-01T10:04:02","slug":"g-ramachandran-pillai-vs-vijayachandran-pillai-on-12-november-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/g-ramachandran-pillai-vs-vijayachandran-pillai-on-12-november-2007","title":{"rendered":"G. Ramachandran Pillai vs Vijayachandran Pillai on 12 November, 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">G. Ramachandran Pillai vs Vijayachandran Pillai on 12 November, 2007<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nCrl Rev Pet No. 4008 of 2007()\n\n\n1. G. RAMACHANDRAN PILLAI,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. VIJAYACHANDRAN PILLAI,\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. STATE OF KERALA,\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.C.RAJENDRAN\n\n                For Respondent  : No Appearance\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice V.RAMKUMAR\n\n Dated :12\/11\/2007\n\n O R D E R\n                              V. RAMKUMAR, J.\n                  ````````````````````````````````````````````````````\n                        Crl. R.P. No. 4008 OF 2007\n                  ````````````````````````````````````````````````````\n               Dated this the 12th day of November, 2007\n\n                                    O R D E R\n<\/pre>\n<p>             In this revision filed under Section 397 read with Section<\/p>\n<p>401 Cr.P.C. the petitioner who was the accused in C.C. No.1948\/2002<\/p>\n<p>on the file of the J.F.C.M.-II, Kollam challenges the conviction entered<\/p>\n<p>and the sentence passed against him for an offence punishable under<\/p>\n<p>Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (hereinafter<\/p>\n<p>referred to as &#8216;the Act&#8217;).\n<\/p>\n<p>      2.     I heard the learned counsel for the revision petitioner and<\/p>\n<p>the learned Public Prosecutor.\n<\/p>\n<p>      3.     The learned counsel appearing for the revision petitioner re-<\/p>\n<p>iterated the contentions in support of the revision. The courts below<\/p>\n<p>have concurrently held that the cheque in question was drawn by the<\/p>\n<p>revision petitioner in favour of the complainant on the drawee bank, that<\/p>\n<p>the cheque was validly presented to the bank, that it was dishonoured<\/p>\n<p>for reasons which fall under Section 138 of the Act, that the<\/p>\n<p>complainant made a demand for payment by a notice in time in<\/p>\n<p>accordance with clause (b) of the proviso to Section 138 of the Act and<\/p>\n<p>that the revision petitioner\/accused failed to make the payment within<\/p>\n<p>15 days of receipt of the statutory notice. Both the courts have<\/p>\n<p>considered and rejected the defence set up by the revision petitioner<\/p>\n<p>while entering the above finding. The said finding has been recorded<\/p>\n<p>Crl.R.P.No.4008\/07<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">                                      : 2 :<\/span><\/p>\n<p>on an appreciation of the oral and documentary evidence. I do not find<\/p>\n<p>any error, illegality or impropriety in the finding so recorded concurrently<\/p>\n<p>by the courts below. The conviction was thus rightly entered against<\/p>\n<p>the petitioner.\n<\/p>\n<p>       4.     What now survives for consideration is the question as to<\/p>\n<p>whether a proper sentence has been imposed on the revision petitioner.<\/p>\n<p>I am, however, inclined to modify the sentence in the light of the recent<\/p>\n<p>pronouncement by the Supreme Court that no default sentence can be<\/p>\n<p>imposed for an order for compensation under Section 357(3) Cr.P.C.<\/p>\n<p>Accordingly, the sentence imposed by the courts below on the revision<\/p>\n<p>petitioner is set aside and instead he is sentenced to pay a fine of<\/p>\n<p>Rs.2,50,000\/- (Rupees two lakhs and fifty thousand only) within six<\/p>\n<p>months from today, failing which he shall suffer simple imprisonment for<\/p>\n<p>three months by way of default sentence. As and when the fine amount<\/p>\n<p>is deposited, the same shall be paid to the 1st respondent complainant<\/p>\n<p>by way of compensation under Section 357(1) Cr.P.C.<\/p>\n<p>       This revision is disposed of confirming the conviction but<\/p>\n<p>modifying the sentence as above.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>                                                  (V. RAMKUMAR, JUDGE)<br \/>\naks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court G. Ramachandran Pillai vs Vijayachandran Pillai on 12 November, 2007 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM Crl Rev Pet No. 4008 of 2007() 1. G. RAMACHANDRAN PILLAI, &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. VIJAYACHANDRAN PILLAI, &#8230; Respondent 2. STATE OF KERALA, For Petitioner :SRI.C.RAJENDRAN For Respondent : No Appearance The Hon&#8217;ble MR. 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