IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR FRIDAY, THE 28TH SEPTEMBER 2007 / 6TH ASWINA 1929 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 3499 of 2007() ------------------------------ CRA.272/2004 of ADDL. SESSIONS COURT (ADHOC)-II, PALAKKAD ST.376/2001 of JUDL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS COURT, OTTAPPALAM .................... REVN. PETITIONER: APPELLANT/ACCUSED ----------------------------------- V.M.HARIDASAN,S/O.MADHAVAN, RESIDING AT PULIYATHODI VEEDU, KANNIYAMPURAM,OTTAPALAM,PALAKKAD TALUK. BY ADV. SRI.V.CHITAMBARESH SRI.T.C.SURESH MENON SRI.JIBU P THOMAS SRI.P.S.APPU RESPONDENTS: COMPLAINANT ------------------------ 1. THE STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSEUCTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. 2. K.PRASAD,S/O. APPU EZHUTHASSAN, RESIDING AT KIZHAKKETHIL VEEDU, KATHAKURISSI, OTTAPALAM TALUK, PALAKKAD DISTRICT. R1 BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 28/09/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. ===================== Crl.R.P. No. 3499 of 2007 ===================== Dated this the 19th day of December, 2007 ORDER The accused in C.C. No. 1058 of 2002 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate-I, Kochi 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. 13594 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. rv