IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR MONDAY, THE 11TH AUGUST 2008 / 20TH SRAVANA 1930 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 4217 of 2007(B) ------------------------------ CRA.362/2003 of SESSIONS COURT, KOTTAYAM CC.783/1998 of JUDL. MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS, VAIKOM .................... REVN. PETITIONER/APPELLANT/ACCUSED ----------------------------------- U.R.SASI, ULLATTIL VEEDU, MALAMKARA, MANARCADU VILLAGE, KOTTAYAM TALUK. BY ADV. SRI.LIJI.J.VADAKEDOM RESPONDENTS: STATE AND COMPLAINANT ------------------------------------------------ 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. 2. JOSEPH THACHATTU, S/O.ALEXANDER, THACHETTU HOUSE, ARUNOOTTIMANGALAM KARA, MULAKKULAM VILLAGE. R2 BY ADV. SRI.JOSE JOSEPH (MANNAR) SRI. P. RAVINDRA BABU, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 11/08/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. ===================== Crl.R.P. No. 4217 of 2007 ===================== Dated this the 11th day of August, 2008. ORDER The accused in C.C. No. 783 of 1998 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate-I, Vaikom 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. 7988 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 11th day of August, 2008. V. RAMKUMAR,JUDGE. rv