IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR FRIDAY, THE 12TH MARCH 2010 / 21ST PHALGUNA 1931 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 2330 of 2005() ------------------------------ CRA.622/2004 of ADDL. SESSIONS COURT, ALAPPUZHA CC.895/2001 of JUDL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-I, CHERTHALA .................... REVN. PETITIONER(S): APPELLANT/ACCUSED: --------------------------------------- GEORGE JOSEPH, PRIYA HOUSE, KUTHIYATHODU, THURAVOOR. BY ADV. SRI.LIJO GEORGE SRI.A.C.DEVY RESPONDENT(S): COMPLAINANT/STATE: --------------------------------- 1. C.M. GOPALAKRISHNAN, CHANTHURUTHIL HOUSE, VALAMANGALAM SOUTH P.O., THURAVOOR. 2. THE STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM, KOCHI-31. ADV. SRI.P.S.LATHEESH FOR R1 PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI. C.M. NAZAR THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 12/03/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. ............................................. Crl.R.P. No. 2330 of 2005 ............................................. Dated this the 12th day of March, 2010 ORDER The accused in C.C. No. 895 of 2001 on the file of the J.F.C.M. I, Cherthala, on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate, for an offence punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, challenges the conviction entered and the sentence passed against him concurrently by the courts below. 2. Pending this revision, the parties have settled the matter. Crl. M.A. No. 2554 of 2010 has been filed under Section 147 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 seeking permission to record the composition entered into between the revision petitioner and the complainant. The said petition has been signed by both the revision petitioner as well as the complainant and their respective counsels. In the light of this development, the aforementioned composition is recorded and it will have the effect of an acquittal of the revision petitioner within the meaning of Sec. 320 (8) Cr.P.C. Money, if any, deposited by the revision petitioner before the trial court pursuant to the orders, if any, passed by the superior courts shall be refunded to the revision petitioner/accused. This Crl. R.P. is disposed of as above. Dated this the 12th day of March, 2010. V. RAMKUMAR, JUDGE. ani