IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR WEDNESDAY, THE 12TH MARCH 2008 / 22ND PHALGUNA 1929 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 824 of 2008() ----------------------------- CRA.273/2007 of SESSIONS COURT, ALAPPUZHA ST.15/2005 of JUDL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS, AMABALAPUZHA .................... REVISION PETITIONER/APPELLANT/ACCUSED --------------------------------------------------- GIRIJA DEVI.P.S., W/O.PRASAD, AGED 33 YEARS, KOKKATTU KIZHAKKATHIL, MUTTOM P.O., HARIPAD. BY ADV. SRI.M.R.SUDHEENDRAN RESPONDENTS: RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT -------------------------------------------------- 1. UNNIKRISHNAN NAIR, AGED 53 YEARS, S/O.CHELLAPPAN PILLAI, JANAKIMANDIRAM HOUSE, PADINJAREMURI, KARUMADY VILLAGE FROM PUTHENPARAMBIL, VAISAMBHAGOM MURI, NEDUMUDI VILLAGE. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY ADV. SRI.T.A.GEORGE JOSEPH SRI. K.S. SIVAKUMAR, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 12/03/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. ===================== Crl.R.P. No. 824 of 2008 ===================== Dated this the 12th day of March, 2008 ORDER The accused in ST.Case No. 15 of 2005 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate, Ambalapuzha for an offence punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, challenges the conviction entered and the sentence passed against her concurrently by the courts below. 2. Pending this revision, the parties have settled the matter. Crl.M.A.No. 2521 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