IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR WEDNESDAY, THE 8TH APRIL 2009 / 18TH CHAITHRA 1931 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 2935 of 2003() ------------------------------ CRA.718/2002 of ADDL.SESSIONS COURT, (ADHOC), ERNAKULAM CC.1691/1999 of JUDL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-II, ERNAKULAM .................... REVN. PETITIONER(S): APPELLANT/ACCUSED: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ THANKACHAN, MARAPARAMBIL, C/O. ARACKAL HOUSE, POTTAKUZHY ROAD, ELAMAKKARA, KOCHI. BY ADV. SRI.P.K.SOYUZ SRI.K.R.SACHIDANTHAN RESPONDENT(S): COMPLAINANT: ------------------------------------------------------- 1. C.J.SEBASTIAN, S/O.LATE C.D.JOSEPH, CHACKALAKKAL, 48/364 A, PERANDOOR ROAD, ELAMAKKARA. 2. THE STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.R.V.SREEJITH FOR R THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 08/04/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Crl.R.P. No.2935 of 2003 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Dated: 08.04.2009 ORDER The accused in C.C.No.1691 of 1999 on the file of the J.F.C.M-II, Ernakulam 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.3578 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 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 8th day of April, 2009. V. RAMKUMAR, JUDGE. sj