IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR THURSDAY, THE 13TH MARCH 2008 / 23RD PHALGUNA 1929 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 864 of 2008() ----------------------------- CRA. NO. 443 OF 2004 OF ADDL. SESSIONS JUDGE, KOTTAYAM C.C. NO. 68 OF 2004 OF CHIEF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE, KOTTAYAM REVN. PETITIONER: ------------------ P.K. SURAN, S/O. PAPPAN, KURUVILAKATTU PUTHENPURAYIL HOUSE, KUNNAMPALLIL MOOLAVATTOM P.O. KOTTAYAM BY ADV. SRI.B.PREMOD RESPONDENTS: ------------- 1. P.P. ABRAHAM, PUTHENPURAYIL HOUSE, MANARCADU P.O., KOTTAYAM 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM BY ADV. SRI.BIMAL K.NATH PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRIL K.S. SIVAKUMAR THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 13-03-2008 THE COURT ON 13/03/2008 PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. ................................. Crl.R.P. No. 864 of 2008 .................................... Dated: 13-03-2008 ORDER The accused in C.C. No. 68 of 2004 on the file of the Chief Judl. Magistrate, Kottayam 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. 2622 of 2008 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.