IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR FRIDAY, THE 7TH MARCH 2008 / 17TH PHALGUNA 1929 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 751 of 2008() --------------------------------- S.T.C. NO. 37/2000 of CHIEF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE, PALAKKAD CRL.APPEAL NO. 469/2003 of SESSIONS COURT, PALAKKAD REVN. PETITIONER/APPELLANT/ACCUSED: ----------------------------------------------- P. RAVEENDRANATHAN, S/O. LATE PAZHANIYANDI, AGED 49 YEARS, RESIDING AT MANAMKULAMBU, THENKURUSSI, ALATHUR TALUK. BY ADV. SRI.JACOB SEBASTIAN RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANT & STATE: --------------------------------------------- 1. VINOD K.M., S/O. MANI, KUPPAKKADU VEEDU, KUSHALAMANNAM P.O., PALAKKAD TALUK. 2. STATE OF KERALA REP. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY ADV. SRI.K.N.ABHILASH SRI. K.S. SIVAKUMAR, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 07.03.2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. ===================== Crl.R.P. No. 751 of 2008 ===================== Dated this the 7th day of March, 2008 ORDER The accused in S.T No. 37 of 2000 on the file of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Palakkad 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. 2351 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. rv