IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR MONDAY, THE 16TH JUNE 2008 / 26TH JYAISHTA 1930 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 1944 of 2008() ------------------------------ CRA.336/2005 of II ADDL.SESSIONS COURT, KOLLAM CC.614/2002 of JUDL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-III, PUNALUR .................... REVN. PETITIONER/APPELLANT/ACCUSED ---------------------------------------------- CHANDRAN, S/O. SOMAN, SREEDEVIVILASOM VALAKKODU, PUNALUR. BY ADV. SRI.K.SANIL KUMAR RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANT: ----------------------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REP. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR HIGH COURT OF KERALA. 2. JOJU M.JOAN, S/O. MATHAI JOHNY BIJUBHAVAN CHEMANTHOOR P.O.,PUNALUR, KOLLAM. BY ADV. SRI. P. RAVINDRA BABU, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.PRATHEESH.P FOR R2 THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 16/06/2008,THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. ===================== Crl.R.P. No. 1944 of 2008 ===================== Dated this the 16th day of June, 2008. ORDER The accused in C.C. No. 614 of 2002 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate-III, Punalur 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. 5855 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. V. RAMKUMAR,JUDGE. rv