IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR THURSDAY, THE 28TH AUGUST 2008 / 6TH BHADRA 1930 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 2975 of 2008() ------------------------------ CRA.63/2002 of I ADDL. SESSIONS COURT, TRIVANDRUM CC.38/1999 of JUDL. MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-IV (MOBILE), TRIVANDRUM .................... REVN. PETITIONER: APPELLANT/ACCUSED ----------------------------------------------- N.I.GIFT ISRAEL, SECTION OFFICER, ADMINISTRATIVE WING, KARYAVATTOM CAMPUS, UNIVERSITY OF KERALA, KARYAVATTOM P.O., THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY ADV. SRI.SABU S.KALLARAMOOLA RESPONDENTS: RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANT --------------------------------------------------- 1. THE STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. 2. M.N.JOSE, T/C M/1313, OBSERVATORY LINE, THYCAUD, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY ADV. SRI. P. RAVINDRA BABU, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.C.S.MANILAL FOR R2 SRI.P.PRAVEEN FOR R2 THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 28/08/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. ........................................... Crl.R.P. No. 2975 of 2008 ........................................... Dated this the 28th day of August, 2008. ORDER The accused in C.C. No. 38 of 1999 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate-IV, (Mobile), Thiruvananthapuram 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. 8992 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 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. Dated this the 28st day of August, 2008. V. RAMKUMAR,JUDGE. rv