IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR MONDAY, THE 16TH JUNE 2008 / 26TH JYAISHTA 1930 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 1946 of 2008() ------------------------------ CRA.1047/2007 of VI ADDL.DISTRICT & SESSIONS COURT, ERNAKULAM CC.1476/2001 of JUDL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-II, KOCHI .................... REVN. PETITIONER: APPELLANTS/ACCUSED 1 AND 2: ----------------------------------------------------------- 1. THE PEOPLE'S AID BANKERS, KOCHUPALLY ROAD, KOCHI-5, REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGING PARTNER K.D.KOTHO. 2. K.D.KOTHO, S/O.DANIEL, KALARICKAL HOUSE, KOCHUPALLY ROAD, THOPPUMPADY, KOCHI-5. BY ADV. SRI.THOMAS T.VARGHESE RESPONDENTS: RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANT: ----------------------------------------------------- 1. ANTONY XAVIER, S/O.K.T.XAVIER, KADAVIPARAMBIL HOUSE, PALLICHAL ROAD, THOPPUMPADY, COCHIN-5, REPRESENTED BY HIS POWER OF ATTORNEY HOLDER MRS.LEENA ANTONY. 2. STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY ADV. SRI. P. RAVINDRA BABU, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.K.N.SIVASANKARAN FOR R THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 16/06/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. ===================== Crl.R.P. No. 1946 of 2008 ===================== Dated this the 16th day of June, 2008. ORDER The accused in C.C. No. 1476 of 2001 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate-II, Kochi for an offence punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, challenges the conviction entered and the sentence passed against them concurrently by the courts below. 2. Pending this revision, the parties have settled the matter. Crl.M.A.No. 5859 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 petitioners and the complainant. The said petition has been signed by both the revision petitioners 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 petitioners within the meaning of Sec. 320 (8) Cr.P.C. This Crl. R.P. is disposed of as above. V. RAMKUMAR,JUDGE. rv