IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR MONDAY, THE 5TH NOVEMBER 2007 / 14TH KARTHIKA 1929 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 3958 of 2007() ------------------------------ CRA.242/2003 of ADDL. SESSIONS COURT (ADHOC)-II, PALAKKAD STC.351/1999 of CHIEF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE COURT, PALAKKAD .................... REVN. PETITIONER: REVISION PETITIONER/APPELLANT/ACCUSED ------------------------------------------------------- A.JAMAL, S/O.LATE ABDULKHADAR, KAIRALI HOTEL, KARIMKULAM, ELAVANCHERRY P.O., CHITTUR TALUK, PALAKKAD DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.K.P.BALAGOPAL RESPONDENTS: COMPLAINANT AND STATE ---------------------------------- 1. M/S.SREELAKSHMI KURIES AND LOANS PVT. LTD., PALAKKAD REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGER M.HARIDASAN, S/O.P.N.BALAKRISHNAN, PUTHUR, PALAKKAD. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI. C.M. NAZER THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 5-11-2007 THE COURT ON 05/11/2007 PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Crl.R.P. No.3958 OF 2007 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Dated: 05-11-2007 ORDER The accused in ST. No.351 of 1999 on the file of the J.F.C.M, 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. 11631 of 2007 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. V. RAMKUMAR, (JUDGE) ani.