IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR FRIDAY, THE 9TH APRIL 2010 / 19TH CHAITHRA 1932 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 1292 of 2010() ------------------------------ CRA.1148/2004 of V ADDL.SESSIONS COURT, ERNAKULAM CC.1161/2001 of JUDL. MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-I, KOCHI .................... REVISION PETITIONER/APPELLANT/ACCUSED:- ---------------------------------------------------- LALGI M.V. MANATHU THUNDIYIL HOUSE, VAZHAKKALA SOUTH, KAKKANAD P.O.,KOCHI-30. BY ADV. MR. C.ANILKUMAR (KALLESSERIL) RESPONDENTS/ RESPONDENTS/ COMPLAINANT & STATE:- ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. RAMESH RAO, S/O.P.K.ANANTHA RAO, HOUSE NO.40/1694,PRESS CLUB ROAD, KOCHI-30. 2. STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY LEARNED PUBLIC PROSECUTOR HIGH COURT OF KERALA, KERALA ERNAKULAM. ADV. MR. C.Y.VINOD KUMAR FOR R1 MR. P.A. SALIM, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 09/04/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. =============== Crl.R.P. No.1292 of 2010 ================= Dated this the 9th day of April, 2010. ORDER The accused in C.C. No. 1161 of 2001 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate-I, Kochi 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. 3846 of 2010 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 before the trial court pursuant to the orders, if any, passed by the superior courts shall be refunded to the revision petitioner/accused. This Crl. R.P. is disposed of as above. Dated this the 9th day of April, 2010. V. RAMKUMAR, JUDGE. rv