IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR THURSDAY, THE 18TH FEBRUARY 2010 / 29TH MAGHA 1931 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 599 of 2010() ----------------------------- CRA NO.848 OF 2003 ON THE FILE OF THE ADDL.SESSIONS JUDGE, ADHOC III, THALASSERY C.C.NO.102/2003(CS) ON THE FILE OF THE ADDL.CHIEF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE COURT, THALASSERY REVN. PETITIONER(S): REVISION PETITIONER/APPELLANT/ACCUSED -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- K.MUSTHAFA, AGED 43 YEARS, S/O.ABDUL KHADER, MERCHANT, KARUTHANTAKATH, NEAR SWAMY MADOM, NEDIYANGA AMSOM DESOM, NEDIYANGA P.O. BY ADV. SRI.P.BABU RESPONDENT(S): RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. A.P.MOIDEEN, P.B.NO.500, SAHAM-319, MUSCAT THROUGH HIS POWER OF ATTORNEY HOLDER A.K.IBRAYANKUTTY, AYYAKATH, S.S.COTTAGE, MANNA, TALIPARAMBA. 2. STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.P.A.SALIM THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 18/02/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V.RAMKUMAR, J. = = = = = = = = = = = = = == = = Crl.R.P. No.599 of 2010 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Dated, this the 18th day of February, 2010 O R D E R The accused in C.C.No.102 of 2003 on the file of the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Court, Thalassery 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.1576 of 2010 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 18th day of February , 2010. V. RAMKUMAR, JUDGE. sj