IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR WEDNESDAY, THE 20TH JUNE 2007 / 30TH JYAISHTA 1929 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 2431 of 2007() ------------------------------ CRA.24/2001 of ADDL. SESSIONS COURT (ADHOC-I), KOLLAM CC.235/1998 of JUDL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-I, KOLLAM .................... REVN. PETITIONER: REVISION PETITIONER/APPELLANT/ACCUSED ------------------------------------------------------- GOPALAKRISHNAN, S/O.SIVARAMAN, KALLUMKUNNATHU VADAKKATHIL, (SREE NARAYANA TEXTILES), CHEMMAKADU.P.O. PERINADU. BY ADV. SRI.K.SANIL KUMAR RESPONDENTS: RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANT ------------------------------------ 1. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA. 2. M.R.SREEKUMAR MAHILAMANDIRAM, CHATHINAMKULAM, CHANTHANATHOPE, KOLLAM. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR P.N. SUKUMARAN THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 20/06/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V.RAMKUMAR, J. ---------------------------- Crl.R.P.No. 2431/2007 ----------------------------- Dated this 20th day of June, 2007 O R D E R The accused in C.C.No.235/1998 on the file of the J.F.C.M-I, Kollam, 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. Pending this revision, the parties have settled the matter. The revision petitioner has filed Crl.M.A. 6880/2007 under Section 147 of the N.I.Act seeking the permission to record the composition entered into by him with 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, composition is recorded and it will have the effect of acquittal of the revision petitioner within the meaning of Section 320(8) Cr.P.C. The Crl.R.P is disposed of as above. V.RAMKUMAR, JUDGE mrcs