IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR MONDAY, THE 3RD MARCH 2008 / 13TH PHALGUNA 1929 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 656 of 2008() ----------------------------- CRA.38/2006 of I ADDL. SESSIONS COURT, PALAKKAD ST.233/2004 of JUDL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS COURT-III, PALAKKAD REVN. PETITIONER: APPELLANT/ACCUSED ----------------------------------- M.ABDULLA, S/O.MOIDEENKUTTY, 4/6 S.P.LANE, MALAMPUZHA, PALAKKAD. BY ADV. SRI.VINOD KUMAR.C RESPONDENTS: RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT ----------------------------------- 1. K.A.SUNIL KUMAR, S/O.K.APPU, VADAKKUMURI, KANNADI, PALAKKAD. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY ADV. SRI.K.K.DHEERENDRA KRISHNAN PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.K.S. SIVAKUMAR THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 3-3-2008 THE COURT ON 03/03/2008 PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. ................................. Crl.R.P. No. 656 of 2008 .................................... Dated: 03-03-2008 ORDER The accused in S.T. No. 2333 of 2004 on the file of the J.F.C.M.III, Palakkad 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. 2114 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. V. RAMKUMAR, (JUDGE) ani.