IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR FRIDAY, THE 22ND JANUARY 2010 / 2ND MAGHA 1931 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 309 of 2010() ----------------------------- CRA.455/2007 of ADDL.SESSIONS COURT (SPL.CAURT), KOTTAYAM ST.337/2006 of JUDL. MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS, KOTTAYAM .................... REVN. PETITIONER(S): --------------------- JANCY SABU, W/O. SABU, PLATHANATHUKAROTTU VEEDU, POOVANTHURUTHU P.O. KOTTAYAM BY ADV. SRI.SURIN GEORGE IPE RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. SURESH BABU, THADATHIL HOUSE, MOOLAVATTOM P.O. KOTTAYAM VS. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRIL C.S. HRITHWIK ADV. SRI.GEORGE MATHEW FOR R1 THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 22-01-2010 , THE COURT ON 22/01/2010 PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Crl.R.P. No. 309 of 2010 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Dated: 22-01-2010 ORDER The accused in S.T. No. 337 of 2006 on the file of the J.f.C.M.I, Kottayam, 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. 880 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. Money, if any, deposited by the revision petitioner before the trial court pursuant to the orders, if any, passed by the superior courts shall be refunded to the revision petitioner/accused. This Crl. R.P. is disposed of as above. V. RAMKUMAR, (JUDGE) ani.