IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR MONDAY, THE 7TH APRIL 2008 / 18TH CHAITHRA 1930 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 1100 of 2008() ------------------------------ CRA.440/2006 of SESSIONS COURT, KASARAGOD CC.228/2005 of JUDICIAL FIRST CLASS MAGISTRTE, KASARAGOD .................... REVN. PETITIONER: APPELLANT/ACCUSED ----------------------------------- DEJAPPA, S/O.KANNAPPA, MANJAL HOUSE, KADAMBAR P.O., KADAMBAR VILLAGE, KASARGOD. BY ADV. SRI.SOJAN MICHEAL RESPONDENTS: STATE & COMPLAINANT --------------------------------------------- 1. STATE-REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. 2. DEVARAJA SHETTY, S/O. NARAYANA SHETTY, AGRALA HOUSE, MOODAMBAIL VILAGE, KASARGOD TALUK & DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI. K.S. SIVAKUMAR, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.SHOJAN JACOB THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 07/04/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. ===================== Crl.R.P. No. 1100 of 2008 ===================== Dated this the 7th day of April, 2008 ORDER The accused in C.C.No.228 of 2005 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate-II, (Additional Munsiff), Kasaragod 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. 3257 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