IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.S.GOPINATHAN TUESDAY, THE 17TH NOVEMBER 2009 / 26TH KARTHIKA 1931 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 2340 of 2005() ------------------------------ CRA.283/2003 of SESSIONS COURT, PATHANAMTHITTA CC.493/1999 of JUDL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS COURT-II,PATHANAMTHITTA .................... REVN. PETITIONER: APPELLANT/ACCUSED. --------------------------------------- N.K.MOHANAN PILLAI, S/O.KUTTAN PILLAI, VALAYAPAZHUNKAL HOUSE, MANGARAM, KONNI VILLAGE. BY ADV. SRI.V.PHILIP MATHEW RESPONDENTS: COMPLAINANT. --------------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. 2. K.S.MATHEW, KAMUKUMPALLIL HOUSE, VAKAYAR, KONNI VILLAGE. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.JAYAKRISHNAN ADV. SRI.RENJITH B.MARAR FOR R2 THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 17/11/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: P.S.GOPINATHAN, J. ---------------------------------------- Crl.R.P.No.2340 of 2005 ---------------------------------------- Dated this the 17th day of November, 2009 ORDER The Judicial Magistrate of the First Class-II, Pathanamthitta in C.C.No.493 of 1999 convicted the revision petitioner for offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act and sentenced to simple imprisonment for six months and ordered to pay Rs.50,000/- as compensation to the second respondent. In Criminal Appeal No.283 of 2003, the conviction and sentence was confirmed. Now the revision petition. 2. The revision petitioner along with second respondent settled the matter out of the court and filed Criminal M.Appl.No.11300 of 2009, seeking an order to record the compounding. 3. Having heard either side, I find no reason to reject the petition. In the above circumstance, the petition Crl. M.Appl.No.11300 of 2009 is recorded and the revision petitioner would stand acquitted under Section 147 of the Negotiable Instruments Act and read with Section 320(8) of the Code of Criminal Procedure and is set at liberty. Revision petition is disposed as above. P.S.GOPINATHAN, JUDGE skj.