IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR MONDAY, THE 1ST SEPTEMBER 2008 / 10TH BHADRA 1930 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 345 of 2005() ----------------------------- CRA.443/2002 of II ADDL. SESSIONS COURT, PALAKKAD CC.57/2002 of JUDL. MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS COURT-I, PALAKKAD .................... REVN. PETITIONER: APPELLANT/ACCUSED ------------------------------------------------------------------- SABU, AGED 30 YEARS, S/O.JAMEESHA, GREENLAND HOUSE, CHANDRA NAGAR, PALAKKAD. BY ADV. SRI.JACOB SEBASTIAN RESPONDENTS: COMPLAINANT & STATE -------------------------------- 1. SHRI.P.RAVEENDRAN, S/O.SANKARAN, P.S.ASSOCIATES POOVATHINKAL HOUSE, C.N.PURAM, VALIYAMPADAM, PALAKKAD. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY ADV. SRI.S.SANTHOSH KUMAR (BALARAMAPURAM) FOR R1 PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.P.RAVEENDRA BABU THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 01/09/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. = = = = = = = = = = = = Crl.R.P. No.345 of 2005 = = = = = = = = = = = = Dated this the 1st day of September, 2008 ORDER The accused in C.C.No.57 of 2002 on the file of the J.F.C.M-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. 8847 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. This Crl. R.P. is disposed of as above. Dated this the 1 st day of September, 2008. V. RAMKUMAR, JUDGE sj