IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR THURSDAY, THE 27TH SEPTEMBER 2007 / 5TH ASWINA 1929 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 3485 of 2007() ------------------------------ CRA.161/2004 of ADDL. SESSIONS COURT (ADHOC)-II, ALAPPUZHA CC.290/2002 of JDUL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS, RAMANKARI .................... REVN. PETITIONER: REVISION PETITIONER/APPELLANT/ACCUSED: -------------------------------------------------------- SHAJI U.V., SANN NIVAS, MAMPUZHAKKARY, RAMANKARI. BY ADV. SRI.SAIBY JOSE KIDANGOOR RESPONDENTS: RESPONDENTS/STATE & COMPLAINANT: --------------------------------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA. 2. GEORGE JOSEPH, CHENNATTUSERIL, RAMANKARI. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.K.S. SIVAKUMAR THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 27/09/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Crl.R.P. No.3485 of 2007 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Dated: 27-09-2007 ORDER The accused in C.C. No. 290 of 2002 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate -I, Ramankary, 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. 10232 of 2007 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) ani.