IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR THURSDAY, THE 21ST FEBRUARY 2008 / 2ND PHALGUNA 1929 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 521 of 2008() ----------------------------- CRA.497/2005 of ADDL.SESSIONS COURT,-I, MAVELIKKARA CC.331/2003 of JUDL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-I, CHENGANNUR .................... REVN. PETITIONER: APPELLANT/ACCUSED: ------------------------------------ BINU, PUTHUPPARAMBIL HOUSE, MULAKUZHA PO CHENGANNUR. BY ADV. SRI.S.HARIKRISHNAN SRI.C.UNNIKRISHNAN (KOLLAM) RESPONDENTS: RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANT: ------------------------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. 2. MANI AMMA, VADAKKEPADINJATTETHIL, MULAKUZHA P.O, CHENGANNUR. BY ADV. SRI.S.ABHILASH PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.ASOK KUMAR.K. THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 21/02/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Crl.R.P. No. 521 of 2008 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Dated: 21-02-2008 ORDER The accused in C.C. 331 of 2003 on the file of the J.F.C.M.I, Chengannur 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. 1725 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. Money, if any, deposited by the revision petitioner pursuant to the orders, if any, passed by the lower appellate court shall be refunded to the revision petitioner/accused. This Crl. R.P. is disposed of as above. V. RAMKUMAR, JUDGE. ani. Crl.R.P. No. 519 of 2008 -:2:-