IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR TUESDAY, THE 1ST JULY 2008 / 10TH ASHADHA 1930 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 2165 of 2008() ------------------------------ CRA.82/2007 of ADDL. SESSIONS COURT, FAST TRACK COURT-II, ALAPPUZHA CC.79/2006 of CHIEF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE, ALAPPUZHA .................... REVN. PETITIONER: REVISION PETITIONER/APPELLANT/ACCUSED ------------------------------------------------------------------------- AMBIKA, WIFE OF PURUSHOTHAMAN, KURUKKASSERIL, PARAVOOR, PUNNAPRA P.O, ALAPPUZHA. BY ADV. SRIR.AZAD BABU RESPONDENTS: RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANT ---------------------------------------------------- 1. T.N.SASIKUMAR, KAVYAM, PARAVOOR P.O., ALAPPUZHA. 2. STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY ADV. SRI. P. RAVINDRA BABU, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR R1 BY ADV. SRI.M.SUNIL KUMAR THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 01/07/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. ===================== Crl.R.P. No. 2165 of 2008 ===================== Dated this the 1st day of July, 2008. ORDER The accused in C.C. No. 79 of 2006 on the file of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Alappuzha 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. 6459 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. Money, if any, deposited by the revision petitioner before the trial court shall be refunded to the revision petitioner. This Crl. R.P. is disposed of as above. V. RAMKUMAR,JUDGE. rv