IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR MONDAY, THE 17TH DECEMBER 2007 / 26TH AGRAHAYANA 1929 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 4532 of 2007() ------------------------------ CRA.148/2005 of ADDL.SESSIONS COURT (ADHOC)-II, KOTTAYAM CC.920/2004 of JUDL. MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-II(MOBILE), KOTTAYAM .................... REVN. PETITIONER: PETITIONER/APPELLANT/ACCUSED ---------------------------------------------- PROF. P.J.JOHN, PUTHENPARAMBIL HOUSE, KARAPUZHA, KOTTAYAM BY ADV. SRI.K.GOPALAKRISHNA KURUP SRI.S.MANU RESPONDENTS: RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANT & STATE -------------------------------------------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. 2. K.R.SOMAN, KOLLAMPARAMBIL HOUSE, LAKKATTOOR.P.O., KOTTAYAM. BY ADV. SRI.P.LEELAKRISHNAN THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 17/12/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Crl.R.P. No. 4532 of 2007 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Dated: 17-12-2007 ORDER The accused in C.C. 920 of 2004 on the file of the J.F.C.M. - II, 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. 13429 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:-