IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR MONDAY, THE 25TH FEBRUARY 2008 / 6TH PHALGUNA 1929 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 450 of 2008() ----------------------------- CRA.248/2007 of ADDL. DISTRICT & SESSIONS JUDGE, ADHOC II THODUPUZHA ST.2123/2005 of JUDL. MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS COURT, ADIMALI .................... REVN. PETITIONER: APPELLANT/ACCUSED ----------------------------------- AFSAL K.A., KOLATHU HOUSE, ANACHAL KARA, CHITHIRAPURAM. BY ADV. SRI.P.CHANDY JOSEPH RESPONDENTS: RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANTS ------------------------------------- 1. BASIL VARGHESE, MANAGER, KLM CREDIT SYNDICATE, KALOOR, ERNAKULAM. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.K.S. SIVAKUMAR SRI.P.I.ALIKHAN THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 25/02/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Crl.R.P. No.450 of 2008 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Dated: 25-02-2008 ORDER The accused in ST. No.2123 of 2005 on the file of the J.F.C.M., Adimali 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. 1840 of 2007 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) ani.