IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR WEDNESDAY, THE 31ST OCTOBER 2007 / 9TH KARTHIKA 1929 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 3897 of 2007() ------------------------------ CRA.147/2006 of SESSIONS COURT, KOZHIKOE ST.1552/1997 of JUDL. MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-V, KOZHIKODE .................... REVN. PETITIONER: PETITIONER ---------------------------- P.CHANDRAN, AGED 42 YEARS S/O. PATTAYIL KUTTIPERAVAN "KALATHUMTHODI HOUSE PRABHODINI, MANNUR-POST KOZHIKODE DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.T.R.RAVI SRI.P.S.MURALI RESPONDENTS: RESPONDENTS ------------------------ 1. K.K.KUNHIKORU, AGED 44 YEARS S/O. BALAKRISHNAN 'EDAKKAZHIKKADAVU' MANNUR-POST KOZHIKODE DISTRICT. 2. STATE OF KERALA REP. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR HIGH COURT OF KERALA ERNAKULAM. BY ADV. SRI.SAJU.S.A PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.K.S. SIVAKUMAR THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 31/10/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V.RAMKUMAR, J. ......................................... Crl.R.P. No. 3897 of 2007 ............................................. Dated : 31-10-2007 O R D E R The accused in ST. No.1552 of 1997 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate-V, Kozhikode 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. 11473 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. This Crl. R.P. is disposed of as above. V. RAMKUMAR, (JUDGE) ani. -:2:-