IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR MONDAY, THE 6TH DECEMBER 2010 / 15TH AGRAHAYANA 1932 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 3471 of 2010(D) -------------------------------------------- [CRL.A. NO.249/2000 OF ADDITIONAL SESSIONS COURT, ERNAKULAM, C.C. NO.1427/1996 OF JUDICIAL FIRST CLASS MAGISTRATE COURT-I, MUVATTUPUZHA] .......... REVISION PETITIONER/APPELLANT/ACCUSED: -------------------------------------------------------------------- V.Y.SALAM, S/O.YOUSUF, VELIYATHUKUZHIYIL HOUSE, KAVUMKARA, VELLOORKUNNAM, MUVATTUPUZHA. BY ADV. SRI.R.BINDU (SASTHAMANGALAM). RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANT & STATE: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. K.M.BAIJU, MANJAPPURATH VEEDU, PERUMBALLOOR KARA, ARAKKUZHA. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. R1 BY ADV. SRI.S.R.SREEJITH, R2 BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI. SABU SREEDHARAN. THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 06/12/2010,THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: prv. V. RAMKUMAR, J. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Crl.R.P.No.3471 of 2010 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Dated this the 6 th day of December, 2010 ORDER The accused in C.C.No.1427/1996 on the file of the J.F.C.M-I, Muvattupuzha, 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.11077 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 6th day of December, 2010. V. RAMKUMAR, (JUDGE) sj