IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR FRIDAY, THE 15TH FEBRUARY 2008 / 26TH MAGHA 1929 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 445 of 2008() ----------------------------- CRA.681/2003 of ADDL. SESSIONS FAST TRACK COURT (ADHOC)-II, THRISSUR CC.278/2000 of JUDL. MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS COURT, CHAVAKKAD .................... REVN. PETITIONER: REVISION PETITIONER-APPELLANT-ACCUSED ------------------------------------------------------------------------- E.AJITH KUMAR, S/O.EZHUVAPPADY, PADMAVATHYAMMA, NEAR KWS OFFICE, P.O.GURUVAYOOR, THRISSUR DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.P.RAMACHANDRAN RESPONDENTS: COMPLAINANT ---------------------------------- 1. JOLLY, S/O.CHUNGATH JOSEPH, KOTTAPPADY BAZAAR, CHOOLPURAM DESOM, IRINGAPARAM DESOM, CHAVAKKAD TALUK, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF POOKKODE WELFARE KURIES AND LOANS (P) LTD., KOTTAPPADY. 2. THE STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. R1 BY ADV. SRI.K.T.SHYAMKUMAR SRI. M.S. BREEZE, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 15/02/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. ===================== Crl.R.P. No. 445 of 2008 ===================== Dated this the 15th day of February, 2008 ORDER The accused in C.C.No. 278 of 2000 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate, Chavakkad 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. 1511 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