IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR TUESDAY, THE 6TH NOVEMBER 2007 / 15TH KARTHIKA 1929 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 3984 of 2007() ------------------------------ CRA.336/2006 of ADDL.SESSIONS COURT,-I, MAVELIKKARA CC.957/2005 of JUDL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS, KAYAMKULAM .................... REVN. PETITIONER/APPELLANT/ACCUSED ---------------------------------------------- ZAKKIR HUSSAIN, S/O. JALALUDEENKUTTY, COURT JUNCTION, KAYAMKULAM. (VETTIYETHU VEEDU, ERUVA, KAYAMKULAM P.O.) BY ADV. SRI.R.REJI SRI.B.BIPIN RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS/STATE AND ACCUSED ----------------------------------------------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. 2. T. A RASHEED, S/O. ABDUL SALAM, THATTUPURACKAL VEEDU, ERUVA MURI, PATHIYOOR VILLAGE, KAYAMKULAM. BY ADV. SMT.A.SALINI LAL SRI. C.M. NAZAR, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 06/11/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. ===================== Crl.R.P. No.3984 of 2007 ===================== Dated this the 6th day of November, 2007 ORDER The accused in C.C.No.957 of 2005 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate, Kayamkulam 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. 11706 of 2007 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 pursuant to the orders of court shall be refunded to the revision petitioner. This Crl. R.P. is disposed of as above. V. RAMKUMAR,JUDGE rv