{"id":76749,"date":"2010-10-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-21T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/managing-partner-vs-meera-gopalan-on-22-october-2010"},"modified":"2014-01-27T06:40:18","modified_gmt":"2014-01-27T01:10:18","slug":"managing-partner-vs-meera-gopalan-on-22-october-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/managing-partner-vs-meera-gopalan-on-22-october-2010","title":{"rendered":"Managing Partner vs Meera Gopalan on 22 October, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court<\/div>\n
Managing Partner vs Meera Gopalan on 22 October, 2010<\/div>\n
       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nCrl.Rev.Pet.No. 3110 of 2004()\n\n\n1. MANAGING PARTNER, REP. FOR DHANALUXMI\n                      ...  Petitioner\n2. A.V.SISUPALAN, S\/O.VELAYUDHAN,\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. MEERA GOPALAN, W.\/O.GOPALAN,\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. STATE OF KERALA.\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.M.NARENDRA KUMAR\n\n                For Respondent  :SRI.RAJIT\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice P.Q.BARKATH ALI\n\n Dated :22\/10\/2010\n\n O R D E R\n                        P.Q.BARKATH ALI J.\n                           -------------------------\n                      Crl.R.P. No. 3110 of 2004\n                     -------------------------------------\n              Dated this the 22ndday of October, 2010.\n\n                                  ORDER\n<\/pre>\n
      Revision petitioners 1 and 2 are the accused persons in ST<\/p>\n
Case No.2980\/1999 on the file of the Judicial First Class<\/p>\n
Magistrate Court, Kodungallur and appellants in Crl.Appeal<\/p>\n
No.173\/2003 the court of the Addl. Sessions(Adhoc) Judge, Fast<\/p>\n
Track Court No.I, Thrissur.\n<\/p>\n
      2. The first revision petitioner is the Dhanaluxmi Finance<\/p>\n
Corporation, Nattika and the second revision petitioner is the<\/p>\n
Managing partner. They were convicted under Section 138 of the<\/p>\n
Negotiable Instruments Act and second accused was sentenced to<\/p>\n
undergo simple imprisonment for three months and they were<\/p>\n
directed to pay a compensation of Rs.75,000\/- to the complainant<\/p>\n
in default, the second accused was ordered to undergo simple<\/p>\n
imprisonment for three months by the learned Magistrate by<\/p>\n
judgment dated February 19, 2003. On appeal by the revision<\/p>\n
petitioners\/accused persons, the lower appellate court by<\/p>\n
judgment dated August 6, 2004 confirmed their conviction, but<\/p>\n
modified their sentence to the effect that the second accused was<\/p>\n
Crl.R.P. No. 3110 of 2004             2<\/span><\/p>\n
sentenced to undergo imprisonment till the rising of the court.<\/p>\n
The order to pay the compensation was maintained and the<\/p>\n
default sentence was reduced to simple imprisonment for two<\/p>\n
months. The revision petitioners\/accused persons have now come<\/p>\n
up in revision challenging their conviction and sentence.<\/p>\n
         3. The case of the revision, first respondent\/complainant<\/p>\n
as testified by her as PW1 before the trial court and as detailed in<\/p>\n
the complaint in brief is thus:\n<\/p>\n
           The second accused as the managing partner of the first<\/p>\n
accused Corporation, issued the cheque Ext.P1 dated January 30,<\/p>\n
1999          for Rs.68,000\/- in favour of the complainant for the<\/p>\n
amount due to the complainant from the accused persons. The<\/p>\n
complainant presented the said cheque for collection, which was<\/p>\n
returned           dishonoured for want of sufficiency of funds in the<\/p>\n
account maintained by the accused persons.             In spite of the<\/p>\n
notice, Ext.P3 dated February 2, 1999, the accused persons<\/p>\n
evaded the receipt of the notice and did not re-pay the amount.<\/p>\n
Therefore, the complainant filed the complaint before the trial<\/p>\n
Court under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act.<\/p>\n
Crl.R.P. No. 3110 of 2004         3<\/span><\/p>\n
         4. On receipt of the complaint, the learned Magistrate had<\/p>\n
recorded the sworn statement of the complainant and took<\/p>\n
cognizance of the offence. The second accused on appearance<\/p>\n
before the trial court pleaded not guilty to a charge under Section<\/p>\n
138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act on behalf of himself and<\/p>\n
on behalf of the first accused. The complainant was examined as<\/p>\n
PW1 and Exts.P1 to P9 were marked on the side of the<\/p>\n
complainant. When questioned under Section 313 of Cr.P.C., the<\/p>\n
second accused denied the entire transaction.           DW1 was<\/p>\n
examined and Exts. D1 and D2 were marked on the side of the<\/p>\n
accused.\n<\/p>\n
         5. The learned Magistrate on an appreciation of the<\/p>\n
evidence found that the accused persons have committed the<\/p>\n
offence punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable<\/p>\n
Instruments Act, convicted them thereunder and sentenced them<\/p>\n
as aforesaid. The lower appellate court confirmed their<\/p>\n
conviction, but modified the sentence as mentioned above. The<\/p>\n
accused persons have come up in revision challenging their<\/p>\n
Crl.R.P. No. 3110 of 2004                  4<\/span><\/p>\n
conviction and sentence.\n<\/p>\n
         6. Heard the counsel for the revision petitioners\/accused<\/p>\n
and the counsel for the revision first respondent\/complainant.<\/p>\n
         7. The following points arise for consideration:<\/p>\n
              1. Whether the conviction of the revision
\n                      petitioners under Section 138 of the
\n                      Negotiable Instruments Act rendered by the
\n                      trial court which is confirmed in appeal can
\n                      be sustained ?\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
              2. Whether the sentence imposed is excessive
\n                      or unduly harsh ?\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
         Point No.1:-\n<\/p>\n
         8. Complainant as PW1 testified in a convincing manner<\/p>\n
before the trial court regarding the transaction. Nothing was<\/p>\n
brought out in his cross-examination to discredit his evidence.<\/p>\n
Further his evidence is supported to Exts. P1 to P9.<\/p>\n
         9. The specific case of the accused when questioned under<\/p>\n
Section 313 of the Cr.P.C. by the learned Magistrate was that<\/p>\n
when first accused’s firm was collapsed, the cheques were taken<\/p>\n
by some persons and the complainant misusing one of the<\/p>\n
cheques has created by Ext.P2. No satisfactory evidence was<\/p>\n
Crl.R.P. No. 3110 of 2004           5<\/span><\/p>\n
adduced by the accused persons to prove their case. The<\/p>\n
evidence of DW1, the manager of the bank also does not help the<\/p>\n
accused persons to prove the above case of the accused.<\/p>\n
Therefore, I am of the view that the learned magistrate as well as<\/p>\n
the learned Sessions Judge is perfectly justified in accepting the<\/p>\n
evidence of the complainant and finding that the accused persons<\/p>\n
have committed the offence punishable under Section 138 of the<\/p>\n
Negotiable Instruments Act and convicting them thereunder.<\/p>\n
Therefore, I confirm the conviction of the accused persons under<\/p>\n
Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act.<\/p>\n
         Point No.2:\n<\/p>\n
         10. As regards the sentence, the learned Magistrate<\/p>\n
sentenced the second accused to undergo simple imprisonment<\/p>\n
for three months and to pay a compensation of Rs.75,000\/- to<\/p>\n
the complainant and in default to undergo simple imprisonment<\/p>\n
for three months. The appellate court while maintaining the order<\/p>\n
of payment of compensation, reduced the substantial sentence to<\/p>\n
till the rising of the court and fixed the default sentence as simple<\/p>\n
imprisonment for two months, I find no special reason to reduce<\/p>\n
Crl.R.P. No. 3110 of 2004            6<\/span><\/p>\n
the sentence.\n<\/p>\n
         In the result, revision petition is dismissed. The conviction<\/p>\n
of the revision petitioner under Section 138 of the Negotiable<\/p>\n
Instruments Act and the sentence imposed by the learned<\/p>\n
Magistrate as modified by the lower appellate court are<\/p>\n
confirmed. The direction to pay compensation is also sustained.<\/p>\n
Two months’ time is granted to the revision petitioner to pay the<\/p>\n
compensation. The second revision petitioner shall surrender<\/p>\n
before the learned Magistrate on or before November, 15, 2010<\/p>\n
to suffer the sentence. Bail bonds of the accused persons are<\/p>\n
cancelled.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
                                             P.Q.BARKATH ALI, JUDGE<\/p>\n
ln<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court Managing Partner vs Meera Gopalan on 22 October, 2010 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 3110 of 2004() 1. MANAGING PARTNER, REP. FOR DHANALUXMI … Petitioner 2. A.V.SISUPALAN, S\/O.VELAYUDHAN, Vs 1. MEERA GOPALAN, W.\/O.GOPALAN, … Respondent 2. STATE OF KERALA. For Petitioner :SRI.M.NARENDRA KUMAR For Respondent :SRI.RAJIT The Hon’ble […]<\/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-76749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-kerala-high-court"],"yoast_head":"\nManaging Partner vs Meera Gopalan on 22 October, 2010 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & 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\/managing-partner-vs-meera-gopalan-on-22-october-2010\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Managing Partner vs Meera Gopalan on 22 October, 2010 - 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