IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR THURSDAY, THE 26TH JUNE 2008 / 5TH ASHADHA 1930 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 346 of 2004(C) ------------------------------ AGAINST THE ORDER DATED 22/07/2003 IN CRRP. 47 /2001 IN CRA.205/2001 of ADDL. SESSIONS COURT (ADHOC)-II, ALAPPUZHA ST.154/1998 of CHIEF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE, ALAPPUZHA .................... REVN. PETITIONER: APPELLANT/ACCUSED: --------------------------------------------------------------------- V.S.THAMPI, S/O. SHAN, VACHUSSERIL HOUSE, SANATHANAM WARD, ALAPPUZHA. BY ADV. SRI.T.G.RAJENDRAN RESPONDENTS: RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. P.V.JOSEPH, S/O. P.V.UTHUP, PANAMBERIL HOUSE, ARATTUVAZHY WARD, ALAPPUZHA. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY ADV. SRI.CIBI THOMAS FOR RI PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.C.M.NAZAR THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 05/02/2004, THE COURT ON 26/06/2008 PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Crl.R.P. No.346 of 2004 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dated this the 26th day of June, 2008 ORDER The accused in S.T. No. 154 of 1998 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 him concurrently by the courts below. 2. Pending this revision, the parties have settled the matter. Crl.M.A.No. 6353 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 26 th day of June, 2008. V. RAMKUMAR, JUDGE sj