IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR WEDNESDAY, THE 10TH MARCH 2010 / 19TH PHALGUNA 1931 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 879 of 2010() ----------------------------- CRA.188/2006 of III ADDL.SESSIONS COURT, KOLLAM CC.1260/2003 of JUDL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-III, PUNALUR .................... REVN. PETITIONER(S): REVISION PETITIONER/APPELLANT/ACCUSED ---------------------------------------------------------- SOUFI, D/O.ABDUL KHASIM, SHERIFF HOUSE, PULLICHIRA, MAYYANADU, THEKKEKARA, KOLLAM. BY ADV. SRI.M.DINESH RESPONDENT(S): COMPLAINANT AND STATE ------------------------------------ 1. JOY MATHEW, S/O.JOSEPH MATHEW, THAITHARA VEEDU, T.B.JUNCTION, PUNALUR, VALACODU VILLAGE. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. ADV. SRI.K.RAJESH KANNAN FOR R1 PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.P.A.SALIM THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 10/03/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Crl.R.P. No.879 of 2010 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Dated: 10.03.2009 ORDER The accused in C.C.No.1260 of 2003 on the file of the J.F.C.M-III, Punalur for an offence punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, challenges the conviction entered and the sentence passed against her concurrently by the courts below. 2. Pending this revision, the parties have settled the matter. Crl.M.A.No.2334 of 2010 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 10th day of March, 2010. V. RAMKUMAR, JUDGE. sj