IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR TUESDAY, THE 19TH AUGUST 2008 / 28TH SRAVANA 1930 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 2811 of 2008() ------------------------------ CRA.575/2006 of ADDL.SESSIONS COURT (ADHOC), ALAPPUZHA CC.161/2006 of JUDL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS COURT -I, ALAPPUZHA .................... REVN. PETITIONER: REVISION PETITIONER/APPELLANT/ACCUSED ------------------------------------------------------- JOGGY JOSEPH, SON OF JOSEPH, AGED 54, CHERUKARA HOUSE, SUBRAMONYAPURAM, AVALOOKUNNU P.O., ALAPPUZHA. BY ADV. SRIR.AZAD BABU RESPONDENTS: RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANT ------------------------------------ 1. THOMAS KURIEN, S/O P.K.KURIEN, PUTHENPARAMBIL, ARATTUVAZHY WARD, ALAPPUZHA. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA,ERNAKULAM. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI. C.M. NAZAR SRI.M.P.MADHAVANKUTTY FOR R1 THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 19/08/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Crl.R.P. No. 2811 of 2008 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Dated: 19-08-2008 ORDER The accused in C.C. 161 of 2006 on the file of the J.F.C.M. II, 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.8471 of 2007 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 19 th day of August 2008. V. RAMKUMAR, (JUDGE) ani.