IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.THANKAPPAN WEDNESDAY, THE 17TH OCTOBER 2007 / 25TH ASWINA 1929 CRL.A.No. 1865 of 2007() ------------------------ AGAINST THE ORDER IN CC.524/1997 of JUDL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-I, MUVATTUPUZHA .................... APPELLANT/COMPLAINANT: ----------- M.K.SULPHEEKAR, MULAYIL HOUSE, ROTARY ROAD, MARKET P.O., MUVATTUPUZHA. BY ADV. SRI.JOHN JOSEPH(ROY) RESPONDENTS/ACCUSED & STATE: ------------- 1.V.S.MEERAN, VELLEKKATTU HOUSE, MARKET P.O., KAVUMKARA, MUVATTUPUZHA. 2.STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT, ERNAKULAM. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI. PUZHAKKARA MUHAMMED THIS CRIMINAL APPEAL HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 17/10/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: K.THANKAPPAN, J. ---------------------------------------------- CRL. APPEAL NO. 1865 OF 2007 ---------------------------------------------- Dated this the 17th day of October, 2007 JUDGMENT This appeal is filed against the order in C.C. No. 524 of 1997 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate's Court I, Muvattupuzha. By the impugned order, the trial court acquitted the first respondent - accused under Section 256(1) Cr.P.C. 2. When this appeal came up for admission today, learned counsel appearing for the appellant submitted that the matter has been settled out of court. In the light of the above submission, the Crl. Appeal is dismissed, confirming the order passed by the trial court. (K.THANKAPPAN, JUDGE) sp/ K. THANKAPPAN, J. CRL.A. NO.1865/2007 JUDGMENT 17th OCTOBER, 2007