IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR WEDNESDAY, THE 27TH AUGUST 2008 / 5TH BHADRA 1930 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 2862 of 2008() ------------------------------------------------ CRA.172/2004 of I ADDL. SESSIONS COURT, KOLLAM CC.690/2000 of JUDL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-I, PUNALUR .................... REVN. PETITIONER: REVISION PETITIONER/APPELLANT/ACCUSED ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ G.SHANAVAS, S/O. GULAM PILLAI, AGED 48, VADAKKEVILAPUTHEN VEEDU, THAZHAMEL MURI, ANCHAL VILLAGE, PATHANAPURAM TALUK. BY ADV. SRI.S.M.ALTHAF RESPONDENTS: RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANT & STATE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. PARAMESWARAN, S/O. VELAYUDHAN, SREE BAVAN, NEAR ST.JOHN'S COLLEGE, ANCHAL, AGASTHYACODE MURI, PATHANAPURAM TALUK. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY ADV. SRI.MANOJ RAMASWAMY FOR R1 PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.C.M.NAZAR THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 27/08/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. = = = = = = = = = = = = Crl.R.P. No.2862 of 2008 = = = = = = = = = = = = Dated this the 27th day of August, 2008 ORDER The accused in C.C.No. 690 of 2000 on the file of the J.F.C.M-1, Punalur 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.8891 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 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 27th day of August, 2008. V. RAMKUMAR, JUDGE sj