IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR WEDNESDAY, THE 13TH FEBRUARY 2008 / 24TH MAGHA 1929 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 385 of 2008() ----------------------------- CRA.124/2007 of SESSIONS COURT, KOTTAYAM CC.823/2003 of JUDL. MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-II(MOBILE), KOTTAYAM .................... REVN. PETITIONER: APPELLANT/ACCUSED: ------------------------------------ PHILIP JOSEPH, CHALACKAL VEEDU, ITHITHANAM P.O., KURICHY, CHANGANACHERRY. BY ADV. SRI.JOHN VARGHESE RESPONDENTS: RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANT & STATE: --------------------------------------------- 1. BABU XAVIER, S/O. XAVIOUR, KANNANKULATHU VEEDU, THRIKKODITHANAM P.O., CHANGANACHERRY. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY ADV. SRI.CYRIAC KURIAN PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.M.S. BREEZE THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 13-02-2008 , THE COURT ON 13/02/2008 PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Crl.R.P. No.385 of 2008 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Dated: 13-02-2008 ORDER The accused in C.C.No. 823 0f 2003 n the file of the J.F.C.M.II (Mobile), 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. 1316 of 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. V. RAMKUMAR, (JUDGE) ani.