IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR THURSDAY, THE 7TH FEBRUARY 2008 / 18TH MAGHA 1929 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 253 of 2008() ----------------------------- CRA.264/2004 of SESSIONS COURT, KOTTAYAM CC.76/2003 of CHIEF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE COURT, KOTTAYAM .................... REVN. PETITIONER: REVN. PETITIONER/APPELLANT/ACCUSED --------------------------------------------------------------------- SURESH E.N., S/O. NARAYANAN, AGED 30 YEARS, THANNICKAL, KULAMBUKATTUKUNNEL, MANGANAM P.O., KOTTAYAM. BY ADV. SRI.C.A.CHACKO SMT.C.M.CHARISMA SRI.N.A.SHAFEEK RESPONDENTS: RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANT & STATE --------------------------------------------------------------- 1. SURESH BABU M.K., MATTATHIL HOUSE, MANGANAM P.O., KOTTAYAM. 2. THE STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY ADV. SRI.PUZHAKKARA MUHAMMED, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.M.N.MANMADAN THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 07/02/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. ===================== Crl.R.P. No.253 of 2008 ===================== Dated this the 7th day of February, 2008 ORDER The accused in C.C. No. 76 of 2003 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 him concurrently by the courts below. 2. Pending this revision, the parties have settled the matter. Crl.M.A.No. 947 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. V. RAMKUMAR,JUDGE. rv