IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR WEDNESDAY, THE 22ND DECEMBER 2010 / 1ST POUSHA 1932 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 3929 of 2010() --------------------------------------------- CRA NO.263/2006 OF SESSIONS COURT, KOTTAYAM CC NO.111/2004 OF JUDICIAL FIRST CLASS MAGISTRATE COURT I, KOTTAYAM. .... REVISION PETITIONER/APPELLANT/ACCUSED: --------------------------------------------------------------------- P.K.PRASAD, S/O. KRISHNANKUTTY, PATHIYARAM HOUSE, KUMARAKOM MARKET JUNCTION, KOTTAYAM. BY ADV. SRI.C.S.MANU RESPONDENT(S): RESPONDENTS/STATE AND COMPLAINANT: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. 2. P.K.ANANTHARAMAN, AKKARA MADOM, THIRUVARPPU P.O., KOTTAYAM. R2 BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI. C.S. HRITHWIK THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 22/12/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: Kss V. RAMKUMAR, J. ==================== Crl.R.P. No.3929 of 2010 ==================== Dated this the 22nd day of December, 2010. ORDER The accused in C.C. No. 111 of 2004 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate-I, Kottayam 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. 12067 of 2010 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. Dated this the 22nd day of December, 2010. V. RAMKUMAR, JUDGE. rv