{"id":90596,"date":"2007-04-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-11T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/viswajith-kurup-vs-m-p-krishna-kumar-on-12-april-2007"},"modified":"2015-09-15T22:36:16","modified_gmt":"2015-09-15T17:06:16","slug":"viswajith-kurup-vs-m-p-krishna-kumar-on-12-april-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/viswajith-kurup-vs-m-p-krishna-kumar-on-12-april-2007","title":{"rendered":"Viswajith Kurup vs M.P.Krishna Kumar on 12 April, 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Viswajith Kurup vs M.P.Krishna Kumar on 12 April, 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. 1606 of 2007()\n\n\n1. VISWAJITH KURUP, S\/O.RAMACHANDRAN,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n2. AUGUST HOLIDAYS (I) P LTD., 20, A,\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. M.P.KRISHNA KUMAR, PROPRIETOR,\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY PUBLIC\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.K.SIVAKUMAR\n\n                For Respondent  : No Appearance\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice K.R.UDAYABHANU\n\n Dated :12\/04\/2007\n\n O R D E R\n                             K.R.UDAYABHANU, J\n\n                        ---------------------------------------------\n\n                             CRL.R.P.No.1606 of 2007\n\n                         ---------------------------------------------\n\n                    Dated this the 12th day of April, 2007\n\n\n\n\n\n\n                                     O R D E R\n<\/pre>\n<p>      The   revision   petitioners   stand   convicted   for   the   offence<\/p>\n<p>under   Section   138   of   the   Negotiable   Instruments   Act   and<\/p>\n<p>sentenced as follows:\n<\/p>\n<p>\nA1 is convicted and  sentenced to undergo simple imprisonment<\/p>\n<p>for three months and to pay Rs.25,000\/- as compensation to the<\/p>\n<p>complainant   vide   Section   357(3)   of   the   Code   of   Criminal<\/p>\n<p>Procedure   and   in   default,   to   undergo   simple   imprisonment   for<\/p>\n<p>one month.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nA2   Firm   is   convicted   and   sentenced   to   pay   a   fine   of   Rs.5,000\/-<\/p>\n<p>under Section  138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act and if not<\/p>\n<p>paid, to realise the fine amount from its assets.<\/p>\n<p>      2.     Counsel for the revision petitioner has only sought for<\/p>\n<p>modification   of   the   sentence   and   time   to   pay   the   amount   of<\/p>\n<p>compensation.  Considering the fact that the revision petitioners<\/p>\n<p>are convicted in other cases as well, the sentence imposed on A1<\/p>\n<p>is modified to imprisonment till the rising of the court.  The rest<\/p>\n<p>CRRP1606\/2007                   Page numbers<\/p>\n<p>of   the   sentences   are   confirmed.     The   revision   petitioners   are<\/p>\n<p>granted   six   months&#8217;   time   from   today   onwards   to   remit   the<\/p>\n<p>compensation   and   fine   amount.     The   revision   petitioner   shall<\/p>\n<p>appear   before   the   Judicial   First   Class   Magistrate   Court,<\/p>\n<p>Ramankari on 15.10.2007 to receive the sentence.<\/p>\n<p>       The criminal revision petition is disposed of as above.<\/p>\n<p>                                                  K.R.UDAYABHANU,<\/p>\n<p>                                                         JUDGE<\/p>\n<p>csl<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court Viswajith Kurup vs M.P.Krishna Kumar on 12 April, 2007 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM Crl Rev Pet No. 1606 of 2007() 1. VISWAJITH KURUP, S\/O.RAMACHANDRAN, &#8230; Petitioner 2. AUGUST HOLIDAYS (I) P LTD., 20, A, Vs 1. M.P.KRISHNA KUMAR, PROPRIETOR, &#8230; Respondent 2. STATE OF KERALA, REP. 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