IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR FRIDAY, THE 4TH JULY 2008 / 13TH ASHADHA 1930 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 2240 of 2008() ------------------------------ CRA.515/2003 of V ADDL.SESSIONS COURT, ERNAKULAM CC.57/1999 of JUDL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS, MUVATTUPUZHA .................... REVN. PETITIONER/APPELLANT/ACCUSED: ---------------------------------------------- JOHN JOSEPH, PROPRIETOR, M/S. CENTRE POINT, RAJAJI ROAD, ERNAKULAM, COCHIN -35. BY ADV. SRI.TOMY SEBASTIAN RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANT & STATE: --------------------------------------------------------------- 1. M/S. KARUVITHADOM AGENCIES (P) LTD., KARUVITHADOM COMPLEX, M.G. ROAD, MUVATTUPUZHA, REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGER, SRI. JOSE EAPPACHAN. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIG COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY ADV. SRI.SAJI MATHEW SRI.DENU JOSEPH SRI. P. RAVINDRA BABU, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 04/07/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. ===================== Crl.R.P. No. 2240 of 2008 ===================== Dated this the 4th day of July, 2008. ORDER The accused in C.C. No. 57 of 1999 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.6697 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 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. Dated this the 4th day of July, 2008. V. RAMKUMAR,JUDGE. rv