IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR THURSDAY, THE 12TH FEBRUARY 2009 / 23RD MAGHA 1930 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 532 of 2009() ----------------------------- CRA.552/2007 of ADDL. SESSIONS COURT, (ADHOC), PALAKKAD ST.402/2006 of JUDL. MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS COURT-I, PALAKKAD .................... REVN. PETITIONER(S): ACCUSED ---------------------------- P.RAVEENDRAN,S/O.BHASKARAN,'UPASANA', KUNNAKATIL,AKATHETHARA,PALAKKAD. BY ADV. SRI.P.K.MOHANAN(PALAKKAD) RESPONDENT(S): COMPLAINANT & STATE ---------------------------------- 1. M.SURESH, S/O.MADHAVAN,POTTAKULAM HOUSE, KAVILPAD,OLAVAKKODE, PALAKKAD. 2. STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE P.PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA,ERNAKULAM. ADV. SRI.C.DILIP FOR R1 BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI. PUZHAKKARA MUHAMMED THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 12/02/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Crl.R.P. No. 532 of 2009 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Dated: 12-02-2009 ORDER The accused in S.T. No. 402 of 2006 on the file of the J.F.C.M. I., 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. 1638 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 12th day of February, 2009. V. RAMKUMAR, (JUDGE) ani.