IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR FRIDAY, THE 22ND FEBRUARY 2008 / 3RD PHALGUNA 1929 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 529 of 2008() ----------------------------- CRA.359/2002 of ADDL.SESSIONS COURT,-I, MAVELIKKARA CC.353/2001 of JUDL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-I, HARIPAD .................... REVN. PETITIONER/APPELLANT/ACCUSED: ----------------------------------------------- C.G. SURESH, S/O. P.GOPALAN, CHERUVILA VEEDU, ADICHANALLOR DESAM, KUMARANALLOOR POST, KOLLAM. BY ADV. SRI.VINOD VALLIKAPPAN RESPONDENTS/STATE & COMPLAINANT: --------------------------------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. 2. RIYAS, S/O. ABDUL REHMAN, MEEATHERIL VEEDU, ARATTUPUZHA VADAKKUM MURI, ARATTUPUZHA VILLAGE. R2 BY ADV. SRI.SAJIT.K.R. SRI.M.S. BREEZE, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 22.02.2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. ===================== Crl.R.P. No. 529 of 2008 ===================== Dated this the 22nd day of February, 2008 ORDER The accused in C.C. No.353 of 2001 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate-I, Haripad 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. 1765 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. rv