IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR WEDNESDAY, THE 12TH SEPTEMBER 2007 / 21ST BHADRA 1929 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 3312 of 2007() ------------------------------ CRA.918/2004 of VI ADDL.SESSIONS COURT, ERNAKULAM CC.1017/2003 of 2003 OF THE J.F.C.M. -I, KOTHAMANGALAM .................... REVN. PETITIONER: REVISION PETITIONER/APPELLANT/ACCUSED: -------------------------------------------------------- REJI ALEXANDER, MANIYATTU VEEDU, RAMALLOOR, KOTHAMANGALAM. BY ADV. SRI.S.K.AJAY KUMAR RESPONDENTS: RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANT: ------------------------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,HIGH COURT OF KERALA ERNAKULAM. 2. P.M. ELDHO, PALAPPILLY VEEDU, KARUKADOM P.O.,KOTHAMANGALAM. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.K.S. SIVAKUMAR SRI.PREMCHAND R.NAIR THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 12/09/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Crl.R.P. No.3312 OF 2007 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Dated: 12th September 2007 ORDER The accused in C.C. 1017 of 2003 on the file of the J.F.C.M. - I, Kothamangalam 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. 9455 of 2007 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) ani.