IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR WEDNESDAY, THE 27TH FEBRUARY 2008 / 8TH PHALGUNA 1929 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 592 of 2008() ----------------------------- CRA.884/2003 of IV ADDL.SESSIONS COURT, ERNAKULAM CC.2123/2001 of JUDL. MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-I, KOCHI .................... REVN. PETITIONER/APPELLANT/ACCUSED ----------------------------------------------- JARIA SALEEM, W/O. SALEEM, KIZHAKKEKUDIYIL HOUSE, OPPOSITE POLYMER PRINTERS, RAILWAY CROSS, EROOPPA, PERUNNA, CHANGANACHERRY. BY ADV. SRI.M.P.MADHAVANKUTTY RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANT & STATE -------------------------------------------- 1. SUNITHA RASHEED, W/O. ABDUL RASHEED, PUTHUPARAMBIL, CHANGANACHERRY, NOW RESIDING AT 41/612-A, AHANA MANSION, KRISHNASWAMI ROAD, KOCHI-35. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY ADV. SRI.P.U.ZIYAD THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 27/02/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. ===================== Crl.R.P. No. 592 of 2008 ===================== Dated this the 27th day of February, 2008 ORDER The accused in C.C.No. 2123 of 2001 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate-I, Kochi for an offence punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, challenges the conviction entered and the sentence passed against her concurrently by the courts below. 2. Pending this revision, the parties have settled the matter. Crl.M.A.No. 1944 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. It goes without saying that the steps taken by the Magistrate under Section 82 and 83 Cr.P.C consequent on the absconding of the accused will have to be dropped. This Crl. R.P. is disposed of as above. V. RAMKUMAR,JUDGE rv