{"id":96086,"date":"2007-11-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-11-15T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/s-gopakumar-vs-p-pradeep-kumar-on-16-november-2007"},"modified":"2017-10-22T16:11:13","modified_gmt":"2017-10-22T10:41:13","slug":"s-gopakumar-vs-p-pradeep-kumar-on-16-november-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/s-gopakumar-vs-p-pradeep-kumar-on-16-november-2007","title":{"rendered":"S.Gopakumar vs P.Pradeep Kumar on 16 November, 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">S.Gopakumar vs P.Pradeep Kumar on 16 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. 4097 of 2007()\n\n\n1. S.GOPAKUMAR, S\/O.SREEDHARAN PILLAI,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. P.PRADEEP KUMAR, THADATHIL PUTHEN VEEDU,\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. THE STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.C.RAJENDRAN\n\n                For Respondent  : No Appearance\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice V.RAMKUMAR\n\n Dated :16\/11\/2007\n\n O R D E R\n                              V. RAMKUMAR, J.\n                  ````````````````````````````````````````````````````\n                        Crl. R.P. No. 4097 OF 2007\n                  ````````````````````````````````````````````````````\n                Dated this the 16th 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.210\/2002 on<\/p>\n<p>the file of the J.F.C.M.-I, Kollam challenges the conviction entered and<\/p>\n<p>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.4097\/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.2,00,000\/- (Rupees two lakhs only) within six months from today,<\/p>\n<p>failing which he shall suffer simple imprisonment for three months by<\/p>\n<p>way of default sentence. As and when the fine amount is deposited, the<\/p>\n<p>same shall be paid to the 1st respondent complainant by way of<\/p>\n<p>compensation under Section 357(1) Cr.P.C.\n<\/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 S.Gopakumar vs P.Pradeep Kumar on 16 November, 2007 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM Crl Rev Pet No. 4097 of 2007() 1. S.GOPAKUMAR, S\/O.SREEDHARAN PILLAI, &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. P.PRADEEP KUMAR, THADATHIL PUTHEN VEEDU, &#8230; Respondent 2. THE STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY For Petitioner :SRI.C.RAJENDRAN For Respondent : No [&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-96086","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 v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>S.Gopakumar vs P.Pradeep Kumar on 16 November, 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\/s-gopakumar-vs-p-pradeep-kumar-on-16-november-2007\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"S.Gopakumar vs P.Pradeep Kumar on 16 November, 2007 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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