IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR MONDAY, THE 4TH FEBRUARY 2008 / 15TH MAGHA 1929 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 265 of 2008() ----------------------------- CRA.8/2002 of ADDL.SESSIONS COURT (ADHOC), KOTTAYAM CC.251/1999 of CHIEF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE COURT, KOTTAYAM .................... REVN. PETITIONER: REVISION PETITIONERS/APPELLANTS/ACCUSED -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. M/S.TRAVANCORE PAINTS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS, AMAYANNOOR P.O., KOTTAYAM, REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGER PARTNER, K.R.PRASANNA KUMAR. 2. K.R.PRASANNA KUMAR, MANAGER PARTNER, M/S.TRACORE PAINTS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS, AMAYANNOOR P.O., KOTTAYAM. 3. K.R.PRASAD, PARTNER (DIED), M/S.TRACORE PAINTS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS, AMAYANNOOR P.O., KOTTAYAM. BY ADV. SRI.V.GOPIKRISHNA RESPONDENTS: RESPONDENTS --------------------------------------------------- 1. M/S.INDIA CEMENTS CAPITAL AND FINANCE LTD., VETOOR BUILDINGS, SASTHRI ROAD, KOTTAYAM, REPRESENTED BY ITS EXECUTIVE (ACCOUNTS), M.S.SURESH. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY ADV. SRI.K.A.RIYAS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 04/02/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Crl.R.P. No.265 of 2008 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dated this the 4th day of February, 2008 ORDER The accused in C.C.No.251 of 1999 on the file of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kottayam for an offence punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, challenges the conviction entered and the sentence passed against them concurrently by the courts below. 2. Pending this revision, the parties have settled the matter. Crl.M.A.No. 989 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 petitioners and the complainant. The said petition has been signed by both the revision petitioners as well as the complainant and their respective counsel. In the light of this development, the aforementioned composition is recorded and it will have the effect of an acquittal of the revision petitioners within the meaning of Sec. 320 (8) Cr.P.C. This Crl. R.P. is disposed of as above. V. RAMKUMAR, JUDGE sj