IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR WEDNESDAY, THE 22ND AUGUST 2007 / 31ST SRAVANA 1929 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 995 of 2003() ----------------------------- CRA.300/2002 of ADDL. SESSIONS COURT, ALAPPUZHA CC.321/1999 of JUDL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-II, CHERTHALA .................... REVN. PETITIONER: APPELLANT/ACCUSED: ------------------------------------ K.VISWANATHAN NAIR, THARAVATTIL HOUSE, PALLIPURAM P.O., CHERTHALA. BY ADV. SRI.C.K.SAJEEV RESPONDENTS: RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANT & STATE: --------------------------------------------- 1. M/S. SANTHI DISTRIBUTERS CHERTHALA, REPRESENTED BY THE POWER OF ATTORNEY AND MANAGER, ANILKUMAR, SREE VILAS VEEDU, CHERTHALA NORTH, CHERTHALA. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY ADV. SRI.T.JAYAKRISHNAN PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.K.S. SIVAKUMAR THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 22/08/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Crl.R.P. NO. 995 of 2003 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Dated: 22-08-2007 ORDER The accused in C.C.321 of 1999 on the file of the J.F.C.M-II, Cherthala 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. 9114 of 2007 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) ani. V.RAMKUMAR, J. ================== CRRP. NO. 995 OF 2003 ORDER DATED: 22-08-2007 ===================