IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR FRIDAY, THE 20TH JUNE 2008 / 30TH JYAISHTA 1930 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 2028 of 2008() ------------------------------ CRA.77/2004 of the ADDL.DISTRICT & SESSIONS COURT (ADHOC) FAST TRACK II IN CC.62/2000 of JUDL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS COURT-I, PATHANAMTHITTA .................... REVISION PETITIONER: APPELLANT:ACCUSED: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SRI.C.V.SUGATHAN, CHIRAKKARATHU VEEDU, VECHOOCHIRA P.O., KUNNAM, PATHANAMTHITTA DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.LATHEESH SEBASTIAN RESPONDENTS: RESPONDENT:COMPLAINANT: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. SRI.THOMAS JOSEPH, MADATHILETHU KALLINANIYIL, KADAMMANITTA P.O., PATHANAMTHITTA. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI. C.M.NAZAR - R2 BY ADV. SRI.PHILIP M.VARGHESE - R1 THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 20/06/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: Kss V. RAMKUMAR, J. ===================== Crl.R.P. No.2028 of 2008 ===================== Dated this the 20th day of June, 2008 ORDER The accused in C.C. No. 62/2000 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate, Pathanamthitta 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. 6088 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. Dated this the 20th day of June 2008 V. RAMKUMAR,JUDGE. css/