IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR WEDNESDAY, THE 18TH MARCH 2009 / 27TH PHALGUNA 1930 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 993 of 2009() ----------------------------- CRA.104/2006 of ADDL.SESSIONS COURT (ADHOC)-II, KOTTAYAM CC.122/2004 of JUDL. MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS, ERATTUPETTA .................... REVN. PETITIONER(S): ----------------- K.M. JOSEPH, KADUMACKAL, PONCHOLA P.O. PATTASSERY, MANARKAD, PALAKKAD DISTRICT BY ADV. SRI.BABY THOMAS RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, KOTTAYAM ADV. SRI.ROJO J.THURUTHIPARA PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI. JAYAKRISHNAN THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 18/03/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Crl.R.P. No. 993 of 2009 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Dated: 18-03-2009 ORDER The accused in C.C. No. 122 of 2004 on the file of the J.F.C.M. Erattupetta 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. 2964 of 2009 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 18th day of March 209. V. RAMKUMAR, (JUDGE) ani.