IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR TUESDAY, THE 19TH FEBRUARY 2008 / 30TH MAGHA 1929 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 476 of 2008() ----------------------------- CRA.403/2003 of ADDITIONAL DISTRICT SESSIONS COURT (ADHOC)-II, KOLLAM CC.985/2000 of JUDL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-III, PUNALUR .................... REVN. PETITIONER: APPELLANT/ACCUSED: ----------------------------------------------- SHANKUMAR, S/O.GOPINATHA PILLAI, KUZHIJAKATHU VEEDU, NADUKUNNU, PATHANAPURAM, KOLLAM DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.R.ARUN RAJ RESPONDENTS: RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANT AND STATE: ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. MADHU G.NAIR, S/O.GANGADHARAN NAIR, ALTHALA VADAKKATHIL VEEDU, NADUKUNNU, PATHANAPURAM. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY ADV. SRI. K.S. SIVAKUMAR, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.MANU ROY THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 19.02.2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. ===================== Crl.R.P. No. 476 of 2008 ===================== Dated this the 19th day of February, 2008 ORDER The accused in C.C.No. 985 of 2000 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate-III, Punalur 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. 1598 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. V. RAMKUMAR,JUDGE. rv