IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR WEDNESDAY, THE 22ND AUGUST 2007 / 31ST SRAVANA 1929 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 3131 of 2007() ------------------------------ CRA.369/2007 of ADDL.SESSIONS COURT (ADHOC), KOTTAYAM ST.1641/2005 of JUDL. MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS, KOTTAYAM .................... REVN. PETITIONER: ------------------ P.K. RAJU @ SPEAKER RAJU, PUTHNPARAMPIL HOUSE, MALLOOSSERY P.O. KOTTAYAM BY ADV. SRI.SURIN GEORGE IPE RESPONDENTS: ------------- 1. SHIBUMON C.S.., CHARAMKULANGARA VEEDU. PERUMPAIKADU P.O., NEELIMANGALAM KOTTAYAM 2. STATE OF KERALA REP. BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM BY ADV. SRI.GEORGE MATHEW, BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI. K.S. SIVAKUMAR THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 22-08-2007 , THE COURT ON 22/08/2007 PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Crl.R.P. No. 3131 of 2007 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Dated: 22-08-2007 ORDER The accused in S.T. 1641 of 2005 on the file of the J.F.C.M-I, 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. 9194 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. 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. This Crl. R.P. is disposed of as above. V. RAMKUMAR, (JUDGE) ani.