IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR TUESDAY, THE 10TH FEBRUARY 2009 / 21ST MAGHA 1930 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 481 of 2009() ----------------------------- CRA.142/2001 of SESSIONS COURT, MANJERI ST.4584/1998 of JUDL. MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS COURT, NILAMBUR .................... REVN. PETITIONER(S): REVISION PETITIONER/APPELLANT/ACCUSED ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SREEMATHI, PANTHALINGAL VEEDU, KATTUMUNDA AMSOM DESOM, NILAMBUR TALUK BY ADV. SRI.P.VIJAYA BHANU SRI.P.VENUGOPAL (1086/92) RESPONDENT(S): RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANT AND STATE ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. BENNY THOMAS, S/O.T.T.THOMAS, THEKKUNIYIL VEEDU, VAZHIKKADAVU AMSOM, NILAMBUR TALUK. 2. STATE OF KERALA,REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. ADV. SRI.V.A.JOHNSON (VARIKKAPPALLIL) FOR R1 PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.JAYAKRISHNAN. THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 10/02/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Crl.R.P. No.481 of 2009 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Dated: 10.02.2009 ORDER The accused in S.T.No.4584 of 1998 on the file of the J.F.C.M, Nilambur for an offence punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, challenges the conviction entered and the sentence passed against her concurrently by the courts below. 2. Pending this revision, the parties have settled the matter. Crl.M.A.No. 1496 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. 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. Dated this the 10th day of February, 2009. V. RAMKUMAR, JUDGE. sj