IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR FRIDAY, THE 11TH APRIL 2008 / 22ND CHAITHRA 1930 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 1580 of 2002(B) ----------------------------------- CRA. NO. 235/2000 of ADDL. DISTRICT & SESSIONS COURT (ADHOC)II, ERNAKULAM. C.C.NO. 287/98 of ADDL. CHIEF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE (E.O), ERNAKULAM. REVN. PETITIONER: APPELLANT/ACCUSED: ------------------------------------ VARGHESE MANACHERRY, DALIA GARDENS, KACHAPPILLY ROAD, VYTTILA, COCHIN-17. BY ADV. SRI. MAHESH T. PAI RESPONDENTS: RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT & STATE: -------------------------------------------- 1. ALEXANDER P.THOMAS, PALAKKATTU HOUSE, NEAR LISIE HOSPITAL, COCHIN-18. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY ADV. SRI.GEORGE VARGHESE (MANACHIRACKEL) SRI. K.S. SIVAKUMAR, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 11/04/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. ===================== Crl.R.P. No. 1580 of 2002 ===================== Dated this the 11th day of April, 2008 ORDER The accused in C.C. No. 287 of 1998 on the file of the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (E.O), Ernakulam 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. 3739 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. rv V. RAMKUMAR, J ------------------------------------------- CRL. R.P. NO. 1580 of 2002 ---------------------------------------- 11th day of April, 2008 ORDER