IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR THURSDAY, THE 12TH NOVEMBER 2009 / 21ST KARTHIKA 1931 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 3534 of 2009() ------------------------------ CRA.528/2005 of ADDL. SESSIONS COURT (ADHOC)-II, PALAKKAD ST.1653/2004 of JUDL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS COURT-III, PALAKKAD .................... REVN. PETITIONER: --------------------- ABDUL GHUDOOSE, S/O. MOHAMMED HANEEFA, AGED 29 YEARS, PARAPPALLA HOUSE, KAMBA, VALLIKKODE, KINAVALLUR, PALAKKAD BY ADV. SRI.S.SANTHOSH KUMAR (BALARAMAPURAM) RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. M.S. SASI, S/O. M.K. SUKUMARAN, KAVUNGAL HOUSE, KINASSERI, PALAKKAD 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM ADV. SRI.JACOB SEBASTIAN FOR R1 PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI. P.N. SUKUMARAN THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 12-11-2009, THE COURT ON 12/11/2009 PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Crl.R.P. No. 3534 of 2009 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Dated: 12-11-2009 ORDER The accused in S.T. No. 1653 of 2004 on the file of the J.F.C.M. III, Palakkad, 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. 11128/2009 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 before the trial court 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. Sd/-V. RAMKUMAR, (JUDGE) ani. /true copy/