IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR FRIDAY, THE 11TH JULY 2008 / 20TH ASHADHA 1930 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 2300 of 2008() ------------------------------ CRA.621/2007 of ADDL.SESSIONS COURT (ADHOC), ALAPPUZHA CC.304/2006 of JUDL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-II(MOBILE), ALAPPUZHA .................... REVN. PETITIONER: APPELLANT ---------------------------------------------------- LEELAMMA @ LEELA VANNYAMPARAMBIL, FACTORY WARD, ALAPPUZHA. BY ADV. SRI.M.P.MADHAVANKUTTY SRI.GOKUL DAS V.V.H. RESPONDENTS: ----------------------- 1. SAJI.T., S/O. BABY KARUKAYIL HOUSE, AVALOOKUNNU P.O. ALAPPUZHA. 2. STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY ADV. SRI.GEORGE SEBASTIAN PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.C.M.NAZAR THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 11/07/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. = = = = = = = = = = = = Crl.R.P. No.2300 of 2008 = = = = = = = = = = = = Dated this the 11th day of July, 2008 ORDER The accused in C.C. No.304 of 2006 on the file of the J.F.C.M-II (Mobile), Alappuzha 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.6947 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 counsel. 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 pursuant to the orders, if any, passed by the lower appellate court shall be refunded to the revision petitioner/accused. This Crl. R.P. is disposed of as above. Dated this the 11th day of July, 2008. V. RAMKUMAR, JUDGE sj