IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR THURSDAY, THE 31ST JULY 2008 / 9TH SRAVANA 1930 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 2579 of 2008() ------------------------------ CRA.231/2005 of ADDL.SESSIONS COURT (ADHOC), KOTTAYAM C.C. NO. 1099 OF 2004 OF THE J.F.C.M. II, MOBILE, KOTTAYAM .................... REVN. PETITIONER: ------------------ S. RAJAMMA, W/O. P.K. KRISHNANKUTTY, PICHANATTU HOUSE, MANIPUZHA, MOOLEDOM P.O. KOTTAYAM BY ADV. SRI.RENNY AUGUSTINE RESPONDENTS: ------------- 1. SHYAM BABU, S/O. BABU, NELLIPPALLIL HOUSE, M.C. ROAD, ETTUMANOOR P.O. KOTTAYAM 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM BY ADV. SRI.SUMAN CHAKRAVARTHY FOR R1 PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI. K.C. SANTHOSH KUMAR THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 31/07/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Crl.R.P. No. 2579 OF 2008 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Dated: 31-07-2008 ORDER The accused in C.C. No. 1099 OF 2004 on the file of the J.F.C.M. II (Mobile), Kottayam 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. 7788 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 31 st day of July 2008 V. RAMKUMAR, (JUDGE) ani.