IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR WEDNESDAY, THE 19TH DECEMBER 2007 / 28TH AGRAHAYANA 1929 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 4565 of 2007() ------------------------------------------------ REVN. PETITIONER: PETITIONER/APPELLANT/ACCUSED ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR. P.S.KRISHNA DAS, S/O. SANKARAN EZHUTHACHAN, SANKAR HOSPITAL, PATTAMBI ROAD, PALAKKAD. BY ADV. SRI.T.H.ABDUL AZEEZ RESPONDENTS: RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. RAJENDRA BABU, S/O. BHASKARAN, KANIYATH HOUSE, MATHILAKAM, PAPPINIVATTOM, KODUNGALLUR. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.K.S.SIVAKUMAR THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 19/12/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Crl.R.P. No.4565 of 2007 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dated this the 19th day of December, 2007 ORDER The accused in C.C.No.668 of 2002 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate, Kodungallur 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.13530 of 2007 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. V. RAMKUMAR,JUDGE sj