IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR FRIDAY, THE 29TH FEBRUARY 2008 / 10TH PHALGUNA 1929 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 648 of 2008 ----------------------------- CRA.239/2006 of ADDL.SESSIONS COURT (FAST TRACK COURT-I), ALAPPUZHA CC.276/2003 of JUDL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-I, CHERTHALA .................... REVN. PETITIONER: APPELLANT/ACCUSED: ------------------------------------ P.N.PONNAPPAN, S/O.NARAYANAN, ASARIPARAMBIL VEEDU, M.N. P.O.,MARARIKULAM. ALAPPUZHA. BY ADV. SRI.M.V.MATHEW RESPONDENTS: RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT AND STATE: ---------------------------------------------- 1. M/S.NARAYANA PRABHU & SONS CHERTHALA REPRESENTED BY PARTNER SRI.C.S.MURALEEDHARA PRABHU CHENNAN CHERIL, C.M.C.NO.23, CHERTHALA. 2. STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY ADV. SRI.LOUIS JOHN PEREKATT THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 29/02/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Crl.R.P. No. 648 of 2008 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dated this the 29th day of February, 2008 ORDER The accused in C.C. No. 276/2003 on the file of the J.F.C.M-I, Cherthala 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. 2082 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 ks