IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR TUESDAY, THE 11TH DECEMBER 2007 / 20TH AGRAHAYANA 1929 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 4433 of 2007() ------------------------------ CRA.165/2006 of ADDL.SESSIONS COURT (ADHOC), ALAPPUZHA CC.508/2004 of JDUL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS, RAMANKARI .................... REVN. PETITIONER: REVISION PETITIONER/APPELLANT/ACCUSED ------------------------------------------------------- K.C.JOSEPH, S/O.CHACKO, KOLATTUKUDI MODERN RICE MILL, MANJAPRA P.O., KALADY, ERNAKULAM. BY ADV. SRI.SAIBY JOSE KIDANGOOR RESPONDENTS: RESPONDENTS/STATE & COMPLAINANT -------------------------------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA. 2. BIJU MATHEW, S/O.JOSEPH MATHEW, PULIKKIKALA VEEDU, MUTTAR, KUTTANAD. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.K.S.SIVAKUMAR ADV. SRI.SATHEESH CHANDRAN THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 11/12/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Crl.R.P. No. 4433 of 2007 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Dated: 11-12-2007 ORDER The accused in C.C. No. 508 of 2004 on the file of the J.F.C.M.- Ramankary 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. 13129 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.