IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR TUESDAY, THE 23RD MARCH 2010 / 2ND CHAITHRA 1932 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 239 of 2005() ----------------------------- CRA.187/2004 of ADDL.SESSIONS JUDGE(AD HOC-II). ERNAKULAM CC.2169/2001 of JUDL. MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-I, KOCHI .................... REVN. PETITIONER(S): APPELLANT/ACCUSED ------------------------------------------------------------------------ P.I.SAFIYA BEEVI, W/O V.K.PAREETH, 278/VII VELLAPPILLY HOUSE, KANJIRAKKAD, PERUMBAVOOR. BY ADV. SRI.JOSE JOSEPH ARAYAKUNNEL SRI.VARGHESE PARAMBIL RESPONDENT(S): RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANT & STATE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. M/S. I.C.D.S.LTD., KALANGOT TOWERS, M.G.ROAD, ERNAKULAM, REPRESENTED BY ITS POWER OF ATTORNEY HOLDER, MR.BALAKRISHNA SHENOY. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.P.A.SALIM THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 23/03/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Crl.R.P. No.239 of 2005 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Dated: 23.03. 2010 ORDER The accused in C.C.No.2169 of 2001 on the file of the J.F.C.M-I, Kochi for an offence punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, challenge the conviction entered and the sentence passed against them concurrently by the courts below. 2. Pending this revision, the parties have settled the matter. Crl.M.A.No.2881 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 petitioners and the complainant. The said petition has been signed by both the revision petitioners 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 petitioners within the meaning of Sec. 320 (8) Cr.P.C. This Crl. R.P. is disposed of as above. Dated this the 23rd day of March , 2010. V. RAMKUMAR, JUDGE. sj