IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR THURSDAY, THE 17TH JULY 2008 / 26TH ASHADHA 1930 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 657 of 2005(B) ------------------------------ CRA.35/2003 of SESSIONS COURT, KALPETTA STC.48/2001 of JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS, KALPETTA. .................... REVN. PETITIONER: APPELLANT/ACCUSED: ------------------------------------------------- M.M.CHACKO, S/O. JOSEPH, MULLAKUDIYIL HOUSE, KALPETTA, VYTHIRI. BY ADV. SRI.B.K.PURUSHOTHAMAN SRI.RUPESH V.R. RESPONDENTS: RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANT & STATE: --------------------------------------------------------------- 1. CHEMBRA RAGHAVAN, S/O. ACHUTHAN, ALAMKOT AMSOM, PONNANI TALUK, PATHAVOOR DESOM, MALAPPURAM DISTRICT. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY ADV. SRI.JESWIN P.VARGHESE FOR R1 SRI. P. RAVINDRA BABU, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 17/07/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: CRL.R.P.NO. 657/2005 : 2 : ORDER ON Crl.M.A. NO. 3384/2005 IN CRL.R.P.NO. 657/2005 DISMISSED 17.07.2008 sd/- V. RAMKUMAR, JUDGE. V. RAMKUMAR, J. ===================== Crl.R.P. No. 657 of 2005 ===================== Dated this the 17th day of July, 2008. ORDER The accused in ST. No. 48 of 2001 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate, Kalpetta 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. 7099 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 17th day of July, 2008. V. RAMKUMAR,JUDGE. rv