IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR TUESDAY, THE 15TH JULY 2008 / 24TH ASHADHA 1930 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 2368 of 2008() ------------------------------ CRA.29/2005 of SESSIONS COURT, KALPETTA ST.360/2004 of JUDL. MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-II, SULTHANBATHERY .................... REVN. PETITIONER/APPELLANT/ACCUSED: ----------------------------------------------- NARAYANAN NAIR, S/O. BALAKRISHNAN, THAZHATHATTU HOUSE, DEEPALAYAM, KENICHIRA P.O., S. BATHERY. BY ADV. SMT.K.V.RESHMI RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANT & STATE: --------------------------------------------- 1. SIBI SEBASTIAN, S/O. SEBASTIAN, PINAKKATTUPARAMBIL HOUSE, MUNDAKOTTY POST, MANANTHAVADY. 2. STATE OF KERALA REP. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA. R1 BY ADV. SRI.BINOY VASUDEVAN SRI. C.M NAZER, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 15/07/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. ===================== Crl.R.P. No. 2368 of 2008 ===================== Dated this the 15th day of July, 2008. ORDER The accused in ST. No. 360 of 2004 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate-II, 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. 6971 of 2008 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 15th day of July, 2008. V. RAMKUMAR,JUDGE. rv