IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR TUESDAY, THE 12TH FEBRUARY 2008 / 23RD MAGHA 1929 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 4377 of 2006() ------------------------------ CRA.6/2006 of SESSIONS COURT, KALPETTA ST.1649/2005 of JUDL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS, SULTHANBATHERY .................... REVN. PETITIONER(S): APPELLANT/ACCUSED: --------------------------------------- C.A. SAJEEVAN, S/O.APPUNNY, AGED 37 YEARS, CHERANGOTTIL HOUSE, VATTATHANI, VALAVAYAL, S.BATHERY. BY ADV. SRI.C.A.CHACKO SMT.C.M.CHARISMA SRI.N.A.SHAFEEK RESPONDENT(S): RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANT & STATE: ----------------------------------------------- 1. KUNHIRAMAN CHETTY, S/O. RAMAKUTTY, THAZHEVENDOL HOUSE, CHEERAL P.O. 2. THE STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. ADV. SRI.S.M.PRASANTH BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI. JAYAKRISHNAN THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 12/02/2009, THE COURT ON 12/02/2008 PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Crl.R.P. No. 4377 of 2006 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Dated: 12-02-2009 ORDER The accused in S.T. No. 1649 of 2005 on the file of the J.F.C.M. I, Sulthan Bathery, 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. 1510 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 pursuant to the orders, if any, passed by the lower appellate court shall be refunded to the revision petitioner/accused. This Crl. R.P. is disposed of as above. Dated this the 12th day of February, 2009 V. RAMKUMAR, (JUDGE) ani.