IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR TUESDAY, THE 2ND SEPTEMBER 2008 / 11TH BHADRA 1930 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 3069 of 2008() ------------------------------ CRA.128/2008 of SESSIONS COURT, KOTTAYAM CC.660/2006 of JUDL. MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS, ERATTUPETTA .................... REVN. PETITIONER/APPELLANT: ----------------------------------- M.R. VINOD, S/O. RAMAKRISHNAN NAIR, FIREMAN NO. 4503, FIRE AND REQUISITION, ARUVITHURA P.O., ERATTUPETTA, MEENACHIL TALUK. BY ADV. SMT.MINI.R.MENON RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS: ----------------------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. 2. MATHEW CHANDY, S/O. CHANDY, MUTHIRANTHIKKAL HOUSE, POONJAR THEKKEKKARA P.O., MEENACHIL TALUK. BY ADV. SRI. P. RAVINDRA BABU, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 02/09/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. ........................................... Crl.R.P. No. 3069 of 2008 ........................................... Dated this the 2nd day of September, 2008. ORDER The accused in C.C. No. 660 of 2006 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate, Erattupetta 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. 9219 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 2nd day of September, 2008. V. RAMKUMAR,JUDGE. rv