IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR WEDNESDAY, THE 28TH MAY 2008 / 7TH JYAISHTA 1930 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 4654 of 2007() ------------------------------ CRA.182/2006 of SESSIONS COURT, PATHANAMTHITTA CC.893/2002 of JUDL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS COURT, THIRUVALLA .................... REVN. PETITIONER: APPELLANT/ACCUSED: ------------------------------------ V.MANOHARAN, AGED 54, S/O.VIDHYADHARAN, MINAKAM AGENCIES, NEAR LIBRARY JUNCTION, KURATHIKKADU, MANNAR, RESIDING AT PULIMOOTTIL HOUSE, KUTTAMPEROOR MURI, MANNAR VILLAGE, KUTTAMPERUR P.O., ALAPPUZHA, PIN 689 623. BY ADV. SRI.MANJU ANTONEY RESPONDENTS: STATE / COMPLAINANT: --------------------------------- 1. C.N.PRABHAKARAN PILLAI, VADAKEMAPPILAPPARAMBIL VEEDU, MARKET JUNCTION, THIRUVALLA, PATHANAMTHITTA DISTRICT. 2. STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY CHIEF SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT THROUGH PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI. C.M. NAZAR SRI.K.JAYAKUMAR(CHERTHALA) FOR R1 SRI.K.G.SUNIL KUMAR FOR R1 THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 28/05/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. ........................................ Crl.R.P. No. 4654 of 2008 ............................................ Dated: 28-05-2008 ORDER The accused in C.C.No. 893 of 2002 on the file of the J.F.C.M.Thiruvalla, 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. 5081 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) ani.