IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR FRIDAY, THE 8TH AUGUST 2008 / 17TH SRAVANA 1930 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 2691 of 2008() ------------------------------ CRA.764/2005 of ADDL. SESSIONS COURT-II, MAVELIKKARA CC.198/2004 of JUDL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-I, CHENGANNUR .................... REVISION PETITIONER/APPELLANT/ACCUSED ------------------------------------------------------ RADHAKRISHNAN, S/O VASUDEVAN PILLAI, PRIYANKA NIVAS, ALA, CHENGANNUR. BY ADV. SRI.AJITH MURALI RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANT & STATE: --------------------------------------------- 1. MOHANAN, PUNNAKATTATHU VEEDU, VAZHARMANGALAM MURI,CHENGANNUR VILLAGE, CHENGANNUR. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY ADV. SRI. C.M NAZER, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.K.V.ANIL KUMAR FOR R1 THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 08/08/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. ===================== Crl.R.P. No. 2691 of 2008 ===================== Dated this the 8th day of August, 2008. ORDER The accused in C.C. No. 198 of 2004 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate-I, Chengannur 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. 8158 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 8th day of August, 2008. V. RAMKUMAR,JUDGE. rv