IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR FRIDAY, THE 15TH JANUARY 2010 / 25TH POUSHA 1931 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 201 of 2010() ----------------------------- CRA.128/2005 of SESSIONS COURT, KASARAGOD CC.370/2000 of CHIEF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE, KASARAGOD .................... REVN. PETITIONER(S): REVISION PETITIONER/APPELLANT/ACCUSED ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E.V.AJITHKUMAR, AGED 36 YEARS, S/O.P.K.KUNJU KUNJU, PROP. VAVACHI COLLECTIONS, MAIN ROAD, NILESHWAR. BY ADV. SRI.S.JIJI RESPONDENT(S): COMPLAINANT AND STATE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. B.UDAYAKUMAR, S/O.VENKITARAMANA BHAT, ANANGOOR, KASARAGOD. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.C.S.HRITHWICK SMT.C.G.PREETHA FOR R1 THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 15/01/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Crl.R.P. No. 201 of 2010 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Dated: 15.01.2010 ORDER The accused in C.C.No.370 of 2000 on the file of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kasaragod 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.581 of 2010 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 15th day of January, 2010. V. RAMKUMAR, JUDGE. sj