IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR TUESDAY, THE 25TH MARCH 2008 / 5TH CHAITHRA 1930 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 286 of 2006(A) ---------------------------------- C.C. NO. 383/2002 of JUDICIAL FIRST CLASS MAGISTRATE-II (MOBILE), KOTTAYAM. CRL.APPEAL NO. 586/2004 of SESSIONS COURT, KOTTAYAM. REVN. PETITIONER: ACCUSED --------------------------------- M.K. BHASKARAN, MANGATTU HOUSE, KOTTAMURY P.O., CHANGANACHERY, KOYYATAM. BY ADV. SRI.R.MURALEEKRISHNAN RESPONDENTS: COMPLAINANT & STATE --------------------------------------------- 1. K.T.LALU, KOLLAMPARAMBIL HOUSE, RUBY NAGAR P.O., CHANGANACHERRY, KOTTAYAM. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA. BY ADV. SRI.JOMY GEORGE SRI. K.S. SIVAKUMAR, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 25/03/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: CRL.R.P. NO. 286/2006A : 2 : ORDER ON CRL.M.A.NO. 819/2006 IN CRL.R.P. NO. 286/2006A DISMISSED 25.03.2008 SD/- V. RAMKUMAR, JUDGE. /True Copy/ P.A to Judge. V. RAMKUMAR, J. ===================== Crl.R.P. No. 286 of 2006-A ===================== Dated this the 25th day of March, 2008 ORDER The accused in C.C. No. 383 of 2002 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate-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. 2618 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. Money, if any, deposited before the trial court pursuant to the orders of court shall be refunded to the revision petitioner/accused. This Crl. R.P. is disposed of as above. V. RAMKUMAR,JUDGE. rv