IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR MONDAY, THE 11TH JANUARY 2010 / 21TH POUSHA 1931 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 277 of 2000() ----------------------------- CRA.34/1999 of V ADDL.SESSIONS COURT, ERNAKULAM ST.1201/1996 of JUDL. MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-I, KOCHI .................... REVN. PETITIONER(S): ------------------------------------- DR.VARGHESE T VARGHESE, S/O.T.C.VARGHESE, ST.LUKE'S HOSPITAL, CHULLICKAL, COCHIN- 5. BY ADV. SRI.T.P.VARGHESE SRI.PHILIP T.VARGHESE SRI.N.SASI RESPONDENT(S): -------------------------- 1. NOVA THOMAS, W/O.V.C.THOMAS, H.NO.1/604, PETER CELLI STREET, FORT COCHIN, COCHIN - 1. 2. STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. ADV. SRI.K.A.JALEEL FOR R1 SRI.PMA.KALAM FOR R1 PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.C.S.HRITHWIK THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 11/01/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Crl.R.P. No.277 of 2000 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Dated: 11.01.2010 ORDER The accused in S.T.No.1201 of 1996 on the file of the J.F.C.M, 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. 11881 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 counsel. 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 11th day of January, 2010. V. RAMKUMAR, JUDGE. sj