IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR WEDNESDAY, THE 9TH JULY 2008 / 18TH ASHADHA 1930 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 2277 of 2008() ------------------------------ CRA.643/2007 of ADDL.SESSIONS COURT (ADHOC), ALAPPUZHA CC.205/2006 of JDUL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS, RAMANKARI .................... REVN. PETITIONER: ------------------ A.K.PRATHAPAN ,S/O.KUTTAN, ASARIPARAMBIL HOUSE, KALAVOOR P.O., ALAPPUZHA. BY ADV. SRI.G.SUKUMARA MENON SMT.DEEPTHI S.MENON RESPONDENTS: ------------- 1. K.NARAYANAN ,S/O. KOCHU KOCHU, VYASAPURAM, KAVALAM P.O.,ALAPPUZHA. 2. THE STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA ERNAKULAM, KOCHI-31. BY ADV. SRI.K.SURESH FOR R1 BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.JAI GEORGE THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 09/07/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. ===================== Crl.R.P. No.2277 of 2008 ===================== Dated this the 9th day of July, 2008 ORDER The accused in C.C. No.205/2006 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate II, Ramankary 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. 6867 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. Dated this the 9th day of July 2008 V. RAMKUMAR,JUDGE. css/