IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR FRIDAY, THE 4TH APRIL 2008 / 15TH CHAITHRA 1930 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 1159 of 2008() ------------------------------ CRA.64/2007 of IV ADDL.SESSIONS COURT, ERNAKULAM CC.125/2003 of JUDICIAL FIRST CLASS MAGISTRATE, KOTHAMANGALAM. .................... REVN. PETITIONER: APPELLANT/ACCUSED ----------------------------------- BIJU THOMAS, S/O.THOMAS, KANNANTHARA VEEDU, MALAKUNNAM P.O., CHANGANASSERY. BY ADV. SRI.M.P.MADHAVANKUTTY RESPONDENTS: COMPLAINANT AND STATE ------------------------------------------------ 1. M.M.RAMESH, S/O.MADHAVAN, MALIKKATTUKUDY VEEDU, KARUKADAM KARA, KOTHAMANGALAM. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY ADV. SRI.GEORGE SEBASTIAN SRI. K.S. SIVAKUMAR, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 04/04/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. ===================== Crl.R.P. No. 1159 of 2008 ===================== Dated this the 4th day of April, 2008 ORDER The accused in C.C.No.125 of 2003 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate, Kothamangalam 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. 3419 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. V. RAMKUMAR,JUDGE. rv