IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR FRIDAY, THE 29TH FEBRUARY 2008 / 10TH PHALGUNA 1929 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 958 of 2005(D) ------------------------------ CRA.1051/2003 of THE ADDL.S.ESSIONS COURT9ADHOC-II), ERNAKULAM CC.951/1999 of ADDL.CHIEF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE (E & O),ERNAKULAM .................... REVN. PETITIONER: APPELLANT/ACCUSED. ------------------------------------ K.P.ABRAHAM, KUZHIVELIL HOUSE, MANJUMMAL P.O. UDYOGAMANDAL, 683 501. BY ADV. SRI.JOHN JOSEPH(ROY) RESPONDENTS: COMPLAINANT AND STATE. ----------------------------------- 1. BENHUR TRADERS & INVESTMENTS (P) LTD., MAS BUILDERS, ERNAKULAM, REP. BY THE ASSISTANT MANAGER, .V.G.RAJU. 2. THE STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY ADV. SMT.P.A.REZIYA BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR MR. K.S. SIVAKUMAR THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 29/02/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Crl.R.P. No. 958 of 2005 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dated this the 29th day of February, 2008 ORDER The accused in C.C. 951 of 1999 on the file of the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Court (E & O),Ernakulam 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. 1839 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. Money, if any, deposited by the revision petitioner before the trial court shall be refunded to the revision petitioner/accused. This Crl. R.P. is disposed of as above. V. RAMKUMAR, JUDGE ks. ks