IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR MONDAY, THE 6TH APRIL 2009 / 16TH CHAITHRA 1931 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 1258 of 2009() ------------------------------ CRA.103/2006 of ADDL. SESSIONS COURT (ADHOC), FAST TRACK COURT -I, THRISSUR CC.375/2003 of JUDL. MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS COURT, CHAVAKKAD .................... REVISION PETITIONER/APPELLANT/ACCUSED:- ----------------------------------------------------- GOPI, S/O.THAMARATH VASU, AGED 47 YEARS, AKALAD AMSOM AND DESOM, CHAVAKKAD TALUK, THRISSUR DISTRICT. BY ADV. MR. C.A.CHACKO MS. C.M.CHARISMA MR. N.A.SHAFEEK RESPONDENTS/ RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT& STATE: ------------------------------------------------------------ 1. GANGADHARAN,S/O.APPUKUTTAN, KAKKANATT HOUSE, KAKKASSERY DESOM, CHAVAKKAD TALUK 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA,ERNAKULAM. ADV. MR. BENNY VARGHESE (THETTAYIL) FOR R1 ADV. MR. P. RAVINDRA BABU, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 06/04/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. =============== Crl.R.P. No. 1258 of 2009 ================= Dated this the 6th day of April, 2009. ORDER The accused in C.C. No.375 of 2003 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate, Chavakkad 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. 3772 of 2009 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. Money, if any, deposited by the revision petitioner before the trial court pursuant to the orders, if any, passed by the superior courts shall be refunded to the revision petitioner/accused. This Crl. R.P. is disposed of as above. Dated this the 6th day of April, 2009. V. RAMKUMAR, JUDGE. rv