IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR THURSDAY, THE 13TH MARCH 2008 / 23RD PHALGUNA 1929 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 1102 of 2007(C) ------------------------------- CRA.354/2004 of ADDL. SESSIONS COURT (ADHOC) III, PALAKKAD CC.554/2002 of JUDL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS COURT-III, PALAKKAD .................... REVN. PETITIONER: APPELLANT/ACCUSED ----------------------------------- MUKHAMMED RAFI, AGED ABOUT 42 YEARS, S/O.LATE U.AHAMMED KABEER, POST OFFICE ROAD, ALATHUR POST, ALATHUR TALUK. BY ADV. SRI.T.SETHUMADHAVAN SRI.PUSHPARAJAN KODOTH SRI.K.JAYESH MOHANKUMAR RESPONDENTS: RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT & STATE ------------------------------------------- 1. M/S.DHARMAPALAN & CO., FINANCE AND MONEY LENDERS, 31/904, MARKET ROAD, KOPPAN AMSOM, PALAKKAD TALUK, BY ITS PARTNER D.VENKETESH, AGED 48 YEARS, S/O.V.DHARMAPALAN, 18/42, NEW STREET, NOORNI, PALAKKAD. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY ADV. SRI.O.RAMACHANDRAN NAMBIAR BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR MR. K.S. SIVAKUMAR THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 13/03/2008,THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Crl.R.P. No. 1102 of 2007 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dated this the 13th day of March , 2008 ORDER The accused in C.C. No.554/2002 on the file of the J.F.C.M-III,Palakkad 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. 2444 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. V. RAMKUMAR, JUDGE ks.