IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR WEDNESDAY, THE 8TH APRIL 2009 / 18TH CHAITHRA 1931 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 1329 of 2009() ------------------------------ CRA.528/2007 of ADDL. SESSIONS COURT (ADHOC)-II, ALAPPUZHA CC.188/2007 of JDUL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS, RAMANKARI .................... REVN. PETITIONER(S): ----------------------------------- K.K.KARTHIKEYAN, S/O.KUTTAN, AGED 54 YEARS, HOUSE NO.7/362, KOZHADATHEZHATHU, ERNAMELLOOR P.O, CHERTHALA. BY ADV. SRI.P.SANJAY SRI.J.ABHILASH RESPONDENT(S): ------------------------------ 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. 2. BABY, S/O.OUSEPH, MEYYANTHARA VEEDU, ERAMALLOOR P.O., CHERTHALA. ADV. SRI.BIJU MEENATTOOR SRI.BIJU MEENATTOOR FOR R2 THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 08/04/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Crl.R.P. No.1329 of 2009 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Dated: 8.04.2009 ORDER The accused in C.C.No.188 of 2007 on the file of the J.F.C.M, Ramankaray 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.3959 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 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. Dated this the 8th day of April, 2009. V. RAMKUMAR, JUDGE. sj