IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR THURSDAY, THE 14TH FEBRUARY 2008 / 25TH MAGHA 1929 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 450 of 2005(A) ------------------------------ CC.127/2003 of CHIEF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE COURT, KOTTAYAM CRA.436/2004 of ADDL.SESSIONS COURT, KOTTAYAM .................... REVN. PETITIONER: APPELLANT/ACCUSED ----------------------------------- LALY KURIAN, M.G.M.SOAPS & DETERGENTS, VALLIPARAMBIL, VILLOONNI P.O., KOTTAYAM. BY ADV. SRI.N.MANOJ KUMAR SRI.M.RISHIKESH SHENOY RESPONDENTS: RESPONDENTS/STATE & COMPLAINANT -------------------------------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. 2. REJI P.JACOB, PLACKAYIL HOUSE, MUDIYOOR KARA, PERUMBAIKADU, KOTTAYAM. BY ADV. SRI.M.P.MADHAVANKUTTY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI. K.S. SIVAKUMAR THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 14/02/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Crl.R.P. No.450 of 2005 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Dated: 14th February 2008 ORDER The accused in C.C. No. 127 of 2003 on the file of the J.F.C.M. , Kottayam 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. 1291 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. Money, if any, deposited by the revision petitioner/accused pursuant to the orders, if any, shall be refunded to the revision petitioner/accused. This Crl. R.P. is disposed of as above. V. RAMKUMAR, (JUDGE) ani.