IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR WEDNESDAY, THE 20TH JANUARY 2010 / 30TH POUSHA 1931 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 273 of 2010() ----------------------------- CRA.337/2006 of ADDL.SESSIONS COURT (ADHOC)-II, KOTTAYAM CC.156/2004 of JUDL. MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS, KOTTAYAM .................... REVN. PETITIONER(S): REVISION PETITIONER/APPELLANT/ACCUSED: ----------------------------------------------------------- ANCY MATHEW, PUTHIYAPARAMBIL HOUSE, NEDUMKUNNAM PO, KARUKACHAL. BY ADV. SRI.SIBY MATHEW SRI.PHILIP J.VETTICKATTU SRI.B.PREMNATH (E) RESPONDENT(S): RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANT & STATE ---------------------------------------------- 1. SHAJAN.V.D. VALIYAPARAMBIL HOUSE, THIRUVANCHOOR PO, KOTTAYAM. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI. K.S. SIVAKUMAR THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 20-01-2010 , THE COURT ON 20/01/2010 PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Crl.R.P. No. 273 of 2010 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Dated: 20-01-2010 ORDER The accused in C.C. No. 156 of 2004 on the file of the J.F.C.M. I, Kottayam 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. 659 of 2010 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. Money, if any, deposited by the revision petitioner before the trial court pursuant to the orders, if any, passed by the superior courts shall be refunded to the revision petitioner/accused. This Crl. R.P. is disposed of as above. V. RAMKUMAR, (JUDGE) ani. /true copy/ January, 2010 O R D E R