IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR FRIDAY, THE 5TH SEPTEMBER 2008 / 14TH BHADRA 1930 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 3153 of 2008() ------------------------------ CRA.87/2004 of ADDL. SESSIONS COURT (ADHOC), PATHANAMTHITTA CC.557/2003 of JUDL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS COURT-II, PATHANAMTHITTA .................... REVN. PETITIONER/APPELLANT/ACCUSED: ----------------------------------------------- PRADEEP, S/O. MANIYAN, EETTIVILAYIL VEEDU, MANGARAM MURI, KONNI VILLAGE. BY ADV. SRI.V.PHILIP MATHEW RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANTS: ------------------------------------------------------ 1. THOMAS DANIEL, ELLIRICKAL VEEDU, MANGARAM MURI, KONNI VILLAGE. 2. STATE OF KERALA REP. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY ADV. SRI.GIBI.C.GEORGE FOR R1 SRI. C.M. NAZER, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 05/09/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. ........................................... Crl.R.P. No. 3153 of 2008 ........................................... Dated this the 5th day of September, 2008. ORDER The accused in C.C. No. 557 of 2003 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate-II, Pathanamthitta 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. 9473 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 5th day of September, 2008. V. RAMKUMAR,JUDGE. rv