IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR FRIDAY, THE 7TH DECEMBER 2007 / 16TH AGRAHAYANA 1929 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 4393 of 2007() ------------------------------ CRA.663/2004 of V ADDL.SESSIONS COURT, ERNAKULAM CC.370/2001 of JUDL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-I, MUVATTUPUZHA .................... REVN. PETITIONER: PETITIONER/APPELLANT/ACCUSED ------------------------------------------------------------- C.K.SUKUMARAN, S/O. KESU, CHAVANIKUDIYIL HOUSE, KANJIKUZHY P.O., IDUKKI. BY ADV. SRI.VINOD VALLIKAPPAN RESPONDENTS: RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANT ---------------------------------------------------- 1. M/S. SOUTHERN AUTO FINANCE, MUVATTUPUZHA, REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGER SRI. K.V.MATHAI. PIN-682 306. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA. BY ADV. SRI.P.FAZIL SMT.JAYASREE MANOJ SRI. P. RAVEENDRA BABU, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 07/12/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. ===================== Crl.R.P. No. 4393 of 2007 ===================== Dated this the 7th day of December, 2007 ORDER The accused in C.C. No. 370 of 2001 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate, Muvattupuzha 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. 13001 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