IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR WEDNESDAY, THE 13TH JANUARY 2010 / 23TH POUSHA 1931 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 170 of 2010() ----------------------------- CRA.508/2006 of I ADDL. SESSIONS COURT, THRISSUR CC.40/2004 of JUDL. MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS COURT, KODUNGALLUR .................... PETITIONER/APPELLANT/ACCUSED --------------------- PAVITHRAN, AGED 58 YEARS, S/O CHATHAN, MAINTHRA HOUSE ANAPUZHA DESOM, METHALA VILLAGE KODUNGALLUR TALUK, THRISSUR DISTRICT BY ADV. SRI.BABU KARUKAPADATH SRI.K.A.NOUSHAD SRI.P.G.PRAMOD RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANT ---------------------------------------------------- 1.THOMAS, S/O PAILY, VENGANATH HOUSE, ANAPUZHA DESOM, METHALA VILLAGE, KODUNGALLUR TALUK, THRISSUR DISTRICT 2. STATE OF KERALA REP. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM R1 BY ADV. SRI.M.SHAJU PURUSHOTHAMAN R2 BY P.R. JAYAKRISHNAN, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR. THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 13/01/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: rkc V. RAMKUMAR, J. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Crl.R.P. No.170 of 2010 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Dated: 13.01.2010 ORDER The accused in C.C.No.40 of 2004 on the file of the J.F.C.M, Kodungallur 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. 456 of 2010 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 counsel. 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 13th day of January, 2010. V. RAMKUMAR, JUDGE. sj Crl.R..P. No. /2010 -:2:-