IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR THURSDAY, THE 6TH MARCH 2008 / 16TH PHALGUNA 1929 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 725 of 2008() ----------------------------- CRA.179/2004 of THE ADDL. SESSIONS COURT (ADHOC-II), ERNAKULAM CC.89/2000 of JUDL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-I, MUVATTUPUZHA .................... REVN. PETITIONER: REVISION PETITIONER/APPELLANT/ACCUSED ------------------------------------------------------- MATHEW P.O., PRAVIDAKUNNEL HOUSE, AVOLY P.O., ANICADU. BY ADV. SRI.MARTIN D.ALUMKARA SRI.MOHAN IDICULLA ABRAHAM SMT.PUSHPY B.MURICKEN RESPONDENTS: RESPONDENTS ------------------------ 1. V.K.GEORGE, MATHIPERAYIL HOUSE, ADOOPARAMBU, MUVATTUPUZHA. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI. M.S. BREEZE BY ADV. SRI.RACHEL JOSEPH THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 06/03/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. ................................. Crl.R.P. No. 725 of 2008 .................................... Dated: 06-03-2008 ORDER The accused in C.C. 89 of 2000 on the file of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Pathanamthitta 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. 2291 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.