IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR FRIDAY, THE 18TH JULY 2008 / 27TH ASHADHA 1930 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 2410 of 2008() ------------------------------ CRA.420/2006 of ADDL. SESSIONS COURT (ADHOC), KOZHIKODE CC.190/2002 of JUDL. MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-IV, KOZHIKODE .................... REVN. PETITIONER: APPELLANT --------------------------- SETHUMADHAVAN, S/O. RARICHAN, RESIDING AT THUVASSERY HOUSE, PALACE ROAD, MANKAVU.P.O, KOZHIKODE. BY ADV. SRI.P.A.HARISH RESPONDENTS: 2ND RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT AND STATE ------------------------------------------------- 1. N.P. MANOJ, S/O.LATE NARAYANAN NAIR, RESIDING AT NIKKAPOYIL HOUSE, S.V. COLONY, ERANHIPALAM.P.O, KOZHIKODE. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY ADV. SRI.V.R.JAIKRISHNAN FOR R1 PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.C.M.NAZAR THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 18/07/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. = = = = = = = = = = = = Crl.R.P. No.2410 of 2008 = = = = = = = = = = = = Dated this the 18th day of July, 2008 ORDER The accused in C.C.No.190 of 2002 on the file of the J.F.C.M, IV, Kozhikode 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.7272 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 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 18th day of July, 2008. V. RAMKUMAR, JUDGE sj