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. 2322 of 2008() ------------------------------ CRA.192/2002 of VI ADDL.SESSIONS COURT, ERNAKULAM CC.1760/1998 of CHIEF JUDL.MAGISTRATE, ERNAKULAM .................... REVN. PETITIONER/APPELLANT/ACCUSED: ----------------------------------------------- JAYADEV PALIYATH, T.C. NO. 28/812, PUNNAPURAM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY ADV. SRI.P.FAZIL SMT.JAYASREE MANOJ SRI.SREEJITH V.S. SMT.ANALA KHUSI BHASKAR RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANT & STATE: --------------------------------------------------------------- 1. FRANCIS K. VARGHESE, ROOM NO. 7, NAYANA TOURIST HOME, NEAR METROPOLITAN HOTEL, KOCHI. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA. R1 BY ADV. SRI.JOY T.I. SRI. P. RAVINDRA BABU, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR 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. 2322 of 2008 ===================== Dated this the 11th day of July, 2008. ORDER The accused in C.C. No. 1760 of 1998 on the file of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ernakulam 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. 7014 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 11th day of July, 2008. V. RAMKUMAR,JUDGE. rv