IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR MONDAY, THE 17TH MARCH 2008 / 27TH PHALGUNA 1929 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 817 of 2008() ----------------------------- CRA.429/2004 of II ADDL. SESSIONS COURT, TRIVANDRUM CC.502/2002 of JUDL. MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS COURT, VARKALA .................... REVN. PETITIONER: APPELLANT/ACCUSED ----------------------------------- ABDUL REHMAN, SANSAR MANZIL, NEAR MUSLIM HSS, EDAVA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.R.ANILKUMAR RESPONDENTS: 1ST RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT -------------------------------------------------- 1. SASIDHARAN NAIR, S/O. RAMAKRISHNAN PILLAI, KOCHALUMOODU, KURAKKANNI, VARKALA, PIN-695 141. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI. M.S. BREEZ SMT.MANJU RAJAN THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 17/03/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. ................................. Crl.R.P. No. 817 of 2008 .................................... Dated: 17-03-2008 ORDER The accused in C.C.No. 502 of 2002 on the file of the J.F.C.M. Varkala, 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. 2668 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. 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. V. RAMKUMAR, (JUDGE) ani.