IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR FRIDAY, THE 18TH JULY 2008 / 27TH ASHADHA 1930 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 2415 of 2008() ------------------------------ CRA.7/2007 of SPL. COURT (NDPS ACT CASES), THODUPUZHA ST.1588/2004 of JUDL. MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS COURT, NEDUMKANDOM .................... REVN. PETITIONER: APPELLANT -------------------------------------------------------- GEORGE KUTTY ABRAHAM, S/O.ABRAHAM, KOCHUVELIL HOUSE, COMBAYAR KARA, ARATHODU VILLAGE. BY ADV. SRI.GEORGE SEBASTIAN RESPONDENTS: RESPONDENTS -------------------------------------------------- 1. MADHAVAN PILLAI, S/O. NARAYANA PILLAI, ATHIRA HOUSE, NEDUMKANDAM KARA, KAIKOONTHAL VILLAGE. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA. BY ADV. SRI.BYJU KURIAKOSE FOR R1 PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.P.RAVEENDRA BABU THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 18/07/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. = = = = = = = = = = = = Crl.R.P. No.2415 of 2008 = = = = = = = = = = = = Dated this the 18th day of July, 2008 ORDER The accused in S.T. No.1588 of 2004 on the file of the J.F.C.M, Nedumkandam 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.7278 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 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 July, 2008. V. RAMKUMAR, JUDGE sj