IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR FRIDAY, THE 11TH JULY 2008 / 20TH ASHADHA 1930 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 656 of 2005(B) ------------------------------ CRA.37/2003 of SESSIONS COURT, KALPETTA STC.62/2001 of JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS, KALPETTA. .................... REVN. PETITIONER: APPELLANT/ACCUSED ----------------------------------- M.M.CHACKO, S/O.JOSEPH, MULLAKUDIYIL HOUSE, KALPETTA, VYTHIRI. BY ADV. SRI.B.K.PURUSHOTHAMAN SRI.RUPESH V.R. RESPONDENTS: RESPONDENT & COMPLAINANT AND STATE ----------------------------------------------- 1. M.S.PRAKASHAN, S/O.LATE SANKARAN, MANTAMPULLY HOUSE, PARAKKAL, KALPETTA NORTH, WAYANAD DISTRICT. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY ADV. SRI.JESWIN P.VARGHESE FOR R1 PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.C.M.NAZAR THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 11/07/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. = = = = = = = = = = = = Crl.R.P. No.656 of 2005 = = = = = = = = = = = = Dated this the 11th day of July, 2008 ORDER The accused in S.T.C. No.62 of 2001 on the file of the J.F.C.M, Kalpetta 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. 6704 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 counsel. 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 11th day of July, 2008. V. RAMKUMAR, JUDGE sj