IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR TUESDAY, THE 16TH OCTOBER 2007 / 24TH ASWINA 1929 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 3707 of 2007() ------------------------------ CRA.50/2000 of SESSIONS COURT, MANJERI ST.712/1997 of JUDL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS COURT, TIRUR .................... REVN. PETITIONER: REVISION PETITIONER/APPELLANT/ACCUSED: ------------------------------------------------------------------------- T. ANIL KUMAR, AGED 46 YEARS, S/O. KARUNAKARAN, THIRUNILATH HOUSE, P.O. POOKAYIL BAZAR, TIRUR. BY ADV. SRI.SUNIL NAIR PALAKKAT RESPONDENTS: RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT/STATE: ------------------------------------------------------------ 1. DAMODHARAN, AGED 47 YEARS, S/O. PATHIYAMPARAMBIL NARAYANAN, PARATHUR AMSOM, DESOM, TIRUR TALUK. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA. BY ADV. SRI. K.S. SIVAKUMAR, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SMT.R.LEELA THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 16/10/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. ===================== Crl.R.P. No. 3707 of 2007 ===================== Dated this the 16th day of October, 2007 ORDER The accused in ST.No.712 of 1997 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate, Tirur 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. 10905 of 2007 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