IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR THURSDAY, THE 14TH AUGUST 2008 / 23RD SRAVANA 1930 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 2767 of 2008() ------------------------------ REVN. PETITIONER/APPELLANT/ACCUSED : ----------------------------------------------------- M. RAMANATHAN, S/O. MANIKKA SWAMY, TEMPLE STREET, THIRUNELLAYI VILLAGE, PALAKKAD, NOW RESIDING AT NR. GANAPATHY TEMPLE, EAST PARAKULAM, KUNNISSERY POST, PALAKKAD - 678 681. BY ADV. SRI.DINESH MATHEW J.MURICKEN RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS AND STATE : ------------------------------------------------------ 1. M/S. FORT CITY CHITS (P) LTD., 2ND FLOOR, GERMAN PLAZA, COLLEGE ROAD, REP. BY ITS CHAIRMAN, SREENIVASAN, BY HIS POWER OF ATTORNEY HOLDER AND MANAGER OF THE COMPANY T.R. RAMACHANDRAN. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 14/08/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. ===================== Crl.R.P. No. 2767 of 2008 ===================== Dated this the 14th day of August, 2008. ORDER The accused in ST. No.1344 of 2003 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate I, Palakkad, 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.8458 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. Dated this the 14th day of August, 2008. V. RAMKUMAR,JUDGE. bkn