IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR WEDNESDAY, THE 27TH AUGUST 2008 / 5TH BHADRA 1930 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 2947 of 2008() ------------------------------ CRA. NO. 626 OF 2006 OF ADDL. SESSIONS COURT, ALAPPUZHA C.C. NO. 321 OF 2004 BEFORE THE J.F.C.M. II, ALAPPUZHA REVN. PETITIONER: ------------------ LEELA JOSE, W/O. V.H. JOSE, BANK STAFF, SYNDICATE BANK, KAYAMKULAM BY ADV. SRI.M.P.MADHAVANKUTTY RESPONDENTS: ------------- 1. ANANDAKUMAR, S/O. RAMAMURTHI REDDIAR, KRISHNA VILAS, M.O. WARD, ALAPPUZHA 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM BY ADV. SRI.GEORGE SEBASTIAN FOR R1 BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI. C.M. NAZAR THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 27/08/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Crl.R.P. No. 2947 of 2008 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Dated: 27-08-2008 ORDER The accused in C.C. No. 321 of 2004 on the file of the J.F.C.M -II, Alappuzha 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. 8920 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. refunded to the revision petitioner/accused. 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. Dated this the 27 th day of August 2008. V. RAMKUMAR, (JUDGE) ani.