IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR WEDNESDAY, THE 3RD SEPTEMBER 2008 / 12TH BHADRA 1930 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 3114 of 2008() ------------------------------ CRA.453/1998 of SESSIONS COURT, THALASSERY CC.693/1995 of JUDL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS COURT, PAYYANNUR .................... REVN. PETITIONER/APPELLANT/ACCUSED: ----------------------------------------------- K. SUKUMARAN, S/O. GOVINDAN, AGED 42 YEARS, CHANDERA, P.O. MANIYATHU. BY ADV. SRI.C.K.SREEJITH RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANT & STATE: --------------------------------------------------------------- 1. K.V. KRISHNAN, AGED 65 YEARS, S/O. GOVINDAN, KARIVELLUR P.O., KARIVELLUR, KANNUR DISTRICT. 2. THE STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY ADV. SRI.V.G.SALEESH FOR R1 SRI. C.M. NAZER, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 03/09/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. ........................................... Crl.R.P. No. 3114 of 2008 ........................................... Dated this the 3rd day of September, 2008. ORDER The accused in C.C. No. 693 of 1995 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate, Payyannur 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. 9294 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 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. This Crl. R.P. is disposed of as above. Dated this the 3rd day of September, 2008. V. RAMKUMAR,JUDGE. rv