IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR FRIDAY, THE 8TH FEBRUARY 2008 / 19TH MAGHA 1929 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 369 of 2008() ----------------------------- CRA.736/2004 of ADDL.SESSIONS COURT (ADHOC), KOTTAYAM ST.35/2004 of CHIEF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE COURT, KOTTAYAM .................... REVN. PETITIONER: REVISION PETITIONER/APPELLANT/ACCUSED; -------------------------------------------------------- N.BALAKRISHNAN, S/O.NARAYANA PAI, MANGOMBIL HOUSE, UNION CLUB ROAD, KOTTAYAM. BY ADV. SMT.GIRIJA.L. SMT.P.S.PREETHA RESPONDENTS: RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANT ------------------------------------ 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. 2. GOPALAKRISHNAN NAIR, SURYA, UNION CLUB ROAD, KOTTAYAM. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI. M.S. BREEZE SMT.RADHIKA P.GOPINATH THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 08/02/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Crl.R.P. No.369 of 2008 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Dated: 08-02-2008 ORDER The accused in S.T. No. 36 of 2004 on the file of the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court, 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. 866 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.