IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR MONDAY, THE 16TH MARCH 2009 / 25TH PHALGUNA 1930 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 880 of 2009() ----------------------------- CRA.662/2006 of ADDL.SESSIONS COURT (ADHOC)-II, KOTTAYAM CC.1/2004 of JUDL. MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-I, KOTTAYAM .................... REVN. PETITIONER(S): APPELLANT/ACCUSED: --------------------------------------- K.N.SASIDHARAN ACHARI, KALAPPURACKAL HOUSE, POOTHEKUZHY P.O., PAMPADY. BY ADV. SRI.LIJI.J.VADAKEDOM RESPONDENT(S): STATE & COMPLAINANT: ----------------------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. 2. M.N.SASI, MANNARETHARAYIL HOUSE, KOTHALA P.O., PAMPADY. ADV. SRI.K.T.SHYAMKUMAR FOR R2 PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI. PUZHAKKARA MOHAMMED FOR R1 THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 16/03/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Crl.R.P. No. 880 of 2009 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Dated this the 16th day of March, 2009 O R D E R The accused in C.C. No.1/2004 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate-I, Kottayam 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.2645 of 2009 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. Money, if any, deposited by the revision petitioner pursuant to the orders, if any, passed by the Crl.R.P. 880/09 -2- lower appellate court shall be refunded to the revision petitioner/accused. This Crl. R.P. is disposed of as above. V. RAMKUMAR, JUDGE. mn.