IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR THURSDAY, THE 2ND APRIL 2009 / 12TH CHAITHRA 1931 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 1202 of 2009() ------------------------------ CRA.266/2008 of ADDL.SESSIONS COURT (ADHOC)-I, KOTTAYAM ST.1841/2004 of JUDL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS, PALA .................... REVN. PETITIONER(S):APPELLANTS/ACCUSED:- --------------------- VINCENT MATHEW, MUTHOLIL HOUSE, NEAR JANATHA HOSPITAL, KIZHATHADIYOOR P.O., PALA. BY ADV. SRI.P.C.HARIDAS SRI.SAJU JOHN RESPONDENT(S): RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANT:- --------------- 1. BINCY VINCENT, S/O. VINCENT,MULLOOR HOUSE, VELLIYAPPALILKARA, MEENACHIL VILLAGE, DO. TALUK. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY P.P. SRI. P.R.JAYAKRISHNAN FOR R2 THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 02/04/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Crl.R.P. No. 1202 of 2009 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Dated this the 2nd day of April, 2009 O R D E R The accused in S.T.No.1841/2004 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate, Pala 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.3521 of 2009 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 by the revision petitioner pursuant to the orders, if any, passed by the superior courts shall be refunded to the revision petitioner/accused. This Crl. R.P. is disposed of as above V. RAMKUMAR, JUDGE. mn.