IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR FRIDAY, THE 6TH JUNE 2008 / 16TH JYAISHTA 1930 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 1813 of 2008() ------------------------------ CRA.199/2006 of SESSIONS COURT, PATHANAMTHITTA CC.104/2004 of CHIEF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE COURT, PATHANAMTHITTA .................... REVN. PETITIONER: APPELLANT/ACCUSED ----------------------------------- LAJI KURIAN, THEKKATHU HOUSE, KEEZHUKARA, KOZHENCHERRY, PATHANAMTHITTA. BY ADV. SRI.JACOB P.ALEX RESPONDENTS: COMPLAINANTS ------------------------- 1. PHILIPOSE MATHAI, ATTATHARAYIL HOUSE, KOZHENCHERRY, PATHANAMTHITTA. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY ADV. SRI.K.R.AVINASH FOR R1 THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 06/06/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. ===================== Crl.R.P. No.1813 of 2008 ===================== Dated this the 6th day of June, 2008 ORDER The accused in C.C. No.104/2004 on the file of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Pathanamthitta 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.5449 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. css/