IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR THURSDAY, THE 24TH JULY 2008 / 2ND SRAVANA 1930 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 2473 of 2008() ------------------------------ CRA.424/2006 of SESSIONS COURT, TRIVANDRUM ST.8/2005 of JUDICIAL FIRST CLASS MAGISTRATE-VII, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM .................... REVN. PETITIONER/APPELLANT/ACCUSED: ----------------------------------------------- M.P. DINESAN, NEETHISH VIHAR, KUDAPPANAKUNNU P.O., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY ADV. SRI.M.RAMASWAMY PILLAI SRI.P.M.JOSEPH RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANTS: ------------------------------------------------------ 1. RAJKUMAR K.S., VILAYIL VEEDU, PUTHALATHAZHAM, KILIKOLLOOR P.O., KOLLAM. 2. STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY ADV. SRI. P. RAVINDRA BABU, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.M.R. SASITH PANICKER FOR R1 THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 24/07/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. ===================== Crl.R.P. No. 2473 of 2008 ===================== Dated this the 24th day of July, 2008. ORDER The accused in ST. No. 8 of 2005 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate-VII, Thiruvananthapuram 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. 7458 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. Dated this the 24th day of July, 2008. V. RAMKUMAR,JUDGE. rv