IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR MONDAY, THE 6TH APRIL 2009 / 16TH CHAITHRA 1931 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 988 of 2003() ----------------------------- CRA.676/2001 OF ADDL. SESSIONS COURT (ADHOC II) ERNAKULAM CC.549/1998 of ADDL.CHIEF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE (E & O),ERNAKULAM .................... REVN. PETITIONER(S): APPELLANT/ACCUSED: --------------------------------------- K.R.SAJEEV, VATTATHIL HOUSE, S.S. ASHRAMAM ROAD, KOCHI-18. BY ADV. SRI.M.KNAUSHAD RESPONDENT(S): RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANT: --------------------------------------- 1. ROY JACOB, THATTARAKUNNEL HOUSE, EAST VAZHAPPILLY, MUVATTUPUZHA. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. ADV. SRI.PAUL MATHEW (PERUMPILLIL) FOR R1 SRI.ANIL GEORGE FOR R1 SRI.V.S.VISHNU FOR R1 SRI.JOBY JACOB PULICKEKUDY FOR R1 PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI. P. RAVEENDRA BABU THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 06/04/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Crl.R.P. No. 988 of 2003 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Dated: 6-4-2009 ORDER The accused in C.C. No. 549 of 1998 on the file of the Addl. Chief Judicial Magistrate (Economic Offences), Ernakulam 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. 3650 of 2009 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. Sd/-V. RAMKUMAR, (JUDGE) ani. /true copy/ V. RAMKUMAR, J. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Crl.R.P. No. 988 of 2003 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Dated: 6-4-2009 ORDER