IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR THURSDAY, THE 26TH MARCH 2009 / 5TH CHAITHRA 1931 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 1100 of 2009() ------------------------------ CRA.139/2007 of SESSIONS COURT, PALAKKAD ST.1251/2005 of JUDL. MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS COURT-I, PALAKKAD .................... REVN. PETITIONER(S): --------------------- RAJARATNAM, S/O.LATE MURIYANDI, AGED 33 YEARS, VALIPARAMB HOUSE, KUNATHURMEDU P.O., PALAKKAD. BY ADV. SRI.BINOY VASUDEVAN RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. R. MANI, S/O.RANGAN, NEW COLONY, KOPPAM, PALAKKAD. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR. ADV. SRI.R.MANIKANTAN FOR R1 P.P. SRI. JAYAKRISHNAN FOR R2 THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 26-3-2009 , THE COURT ON 26/03/2009 PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Crl.R.P. No. 1100 of 2009 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Dated this the 26th day of March, 2009 O R D E R The accused in S.T. No. 1251/2005 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court-I, Palakkad 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.3257 of 2009 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 pursuant to the orders, if any, passed by the Crl.R.P. 1100/09 -2- superior courts shall be refunded to the revision petitioner/accused. This Crl. R.P. is disposed of as above. V. RAMKUMAR, JUDGE. mn.