IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR THURSDAY, THE 29TH MAY 2008 / 8TH JYAISHTA 1930 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 1654 of 2008() ------------------------------ CRA.794/2006 of SESSIONS COURT, KOTTAYAM ST.550/2006 of JUDL. MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-I, KOTTAYAM .................... REVN. PETITIONER: APPELLANT/ACCUSED ----------------------------------------------- JOSE MATHEW, XIII 15 A, PLATHANATH HOUSE, LIZUEX JUNCTION, MANNANAM PO, KOTTAYAM. BY ADV. SRI.LIJI.J.VADAKEDOM RESPONDENTS: RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANT & STATE -------------------------------------------------------------- 1. JOSE T.MATHEW, THANNICKAPPARAMBIL HOUSE, KEEZHUKUNNU, COLLECTORATE PO, KOTTAYAM. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REP.BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA ERNAKULAM. BY ADV. SRI.K.T.SHYAMKUMAR FOR R1 SRI. C.M. NAZER, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 29/05/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. ===================== Crl.R.P. No. 1654 of 2008 ===================== Dated this the 29th day of May, 2008 ORDER The accused in ST. No. 550 of 2006 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate-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.No. 5002 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. V. RAMKUMAR,JUDGE. rv