IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR WEDNESDAY, THE 25TH JULY 2007 / 3RD SRAVANA 1929 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 3260 of 2003(C) ------------------------------- CRA.376/1998 of ADDL. SESSIONS COURT (ADHOC-I), THALASSERY CC.622/1996 of JUDL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS COURT-I, KANNUR .................... REVN. PETITIONER: APPELLANT/ACCUSED. ------------------------------------ P.M.SUDHEER, S/O.BALAN, SAKUNTHALA VYAVASAYA VANIJYA PRAKSHEPANA NILAYAM, MUZHAPPILANGAD P.O. KANNUR DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.P.NARAYANAN RESPONDENTS: RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT. ------------------------------------ 1. M.P.SURESH, S/O.KARUNAKARAN, PANNIYAN HOUSE, TALAP, KANNUR -2. 2. STATE OF KERALA REP. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY ADV. SRI.P.M.PAREETH PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.K.S.SIVAKUMAR THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 25/07/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Crl.R.P. NO. 3260 of 2003 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Dated, this the 25th day of July 2007 ORDER The accused in C.C. No. 622 of 1996 on the file of the J.F.C.M-I, Kannur 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 8022 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. 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. This Crl. R.P. is disposed of as above. V. RAMKUMAR, (JUDGE) ani.