IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR MONDAY, THE 16TH FEBRUARY 2009 / 27TH MAGHA 1930 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 4097 of 2008() ------------------------------ CRA.222/2006 of ADDL. SESSIONS COURT, FAST TRACK COURT-II, PALAKKAD CC.908/2003 of JUDL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS COURT, ALATHUR .................... REVN. PETITIONER/APPELLANT/ACCUSED:- ---------------------------------------------- SULTHAN HAMEED S/O.LATE SRI.ABDUL RAHIM 7/85,PINEAPPLE QUARTERS,ALATHUR. BY ADV. MR. S.M.PREM MS. K.P.SANTHI MR. S.S.HUSSAIN MR. P.K.NIJOY RESPONDENTS/ RESPONDENT/ COMPLAINANT:- ---------------------------------------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. 2. V.KRISHNANUNNI LAKSHMI KRIPA, NEW VILLAGE, KUNNISSERI, ALATHUR, MANAGING DIRECTOR ALATHUR KURIES (P) LIMITED, KRISHNA BUILDING COURT ROAD, ALATHUR. ADV. MR. JAYAKRISHNAN, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR MS. SINDHU MURALEEDHARAN FOR R2 THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 16,02.2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. =============== Crl.R.P. No. 4097 of 2008 ================= Dated this the 16th day of February, 2009. ORDER The accused in C.C. No. 908 of 2003 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate, Alathur 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. 1599 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 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 pursuant to the orders, if any, passed by the lower appellate court shall be refunded to the revision petitioner/accused. This Crl. R.P. is disposed of as above. Dated this the 16th day of February, 2009. V. RAMKUMAR, JUDGE. rv