IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR WEDNESDAY, THE 4TH JUNE 2008 / 14TH JYAISHTA 1930 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 1787 of 2008() ------------------------------ CRA.698/2005 of SESSIONS COURT, KOZHIKOE CC.126/2002 of JUDL. MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-IV, KOZHIKODE .................... REVN. PETITIONER: REVISION PETITIONER/APPELLANT/ACCUSED ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- K.G. JOY, SOUPARNIKA, EXPRESS HOUSING COLONY, WEST HILL, KOZHIKODE. BY ADV. SRI.R.BINDU (SASTHAMANGALAM) RESPONDENTS: RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANT & STATE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. WILLIAM CEASER, S/O. HARRY, POONATHANATH HOUSE, WEST HILL.P.O, KOZHIKODE, REPRESENTED BY POWER OF ATTORNEY HOLDER RICHARD F.H. CROWTHER. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.C.M.NAZAR SRI.N.P.PRAJEESH FOR R1 THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 04/06/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Crl.R.P. No.1787 of 2008 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dated this the 4th day of June, 2008 ORDER The accused in C.C.No.126 of 2002 on the file of the J.F.C.M,- IV, Kozhikode, 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.5384 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 counsel. 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