IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR THURSDAY, THE 12TH FEBRUARY 2009 / 23RD MAGHA 1930 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 545 of 2009() ----------------------------- CRA.767/2004 of I ADDL. SESSIONS COURT, TRIVANDRUM CC.28/2004 of JUDL. MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-IV (MOBILE), TRIVANDRUM .................... REVN. PETITIONER(S): REVISION PETITIONERS/APPELLANTS/ACCUSED:- -------------------------------------------------------------- 1. M/S MALAYALAM EDIBLE INDIA LTD., NO. 7/332,KOZHUVANANL, KEZHUVAMKULAM P.O., KOTTAYAM 686 584,REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR MATHEWS MANUEL. 2. MATHEWS MANUEL, MANAGING DIRECTOR, MALAYALAK EDIBLE INDIA LTD., KEZHUVAMKULAM P.O., PALA, KOTTAYAM. BY ADV. SRI.P.C.HARIDAS RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. KERALA STATE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LTD., KESTON ROAD, KOWDIAR, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, REPRESENTED BY ITS LEGAL ASSISTANT S. UMADEVI, 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR PLEADER, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI. JAYAKRISHNAN SRI.M.PATHROSE MATTHAI, SENIOR ADVOCATE FOR R1 SRI.SAJI VARGHESE FOR R1 THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 12/02/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Crl.R.P. No. 545 of 2009 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Dated: 12-02-2009 ORDER The accused in C.C. No. 28 of 2004 on the file of the J.F.C.M. IV, Thiruvananthapuram, 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. 1647 of 2009 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 12th day of February, 2009. V. RAMKUMAR, (JUDGE) ani.