IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR THURSDAY, THE 13TH MARCH 2008 / CRMC PHALGUNA 1929 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 863 of 2008(E) ------------------------------ S.T. NO. 339 OF 2005 OF THE J.F.C.M. II, PATHANAMTHITTA CA.NO. 153 OF 2006 OF SESSIONS COURT, PATHANAMTHITTA REVN. PETITIONER: REVN.PETITIONER/APPELLANT/ACCUSED --------------------------------------------------- MAHESH VISHWANATHAN, S/O. VISHWANATHAN, KIZHAKKOMATHIRAMPIL HOUSE, KOIPURAM P.O., PATHANAMTHITTA DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.ARUN.B.VARGHESE RESPONDENTS: RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANT ------------------------------------ 1. JOHN MATHEW, PARATHUNDIYIL HOUSE, THATTAKKADU KOIPURAM P.O., PATHANAMTHITTA DISTRICT. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY ADV. SRI.JAYKAR.K.S. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI. SRI.K.S. SIVAKUMAR THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 13-3-2008 THE COURT ON 13/03/2008 PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. ................................. Crl.R.P. No. 863 of 2008 .................................... Dated: 13-03-2008 ORDER The accused in S.T. No. 339 of 2005 on the file of the Judl. Magistrate of the First Class - II, Pathanamthitta, 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. 2620 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) ani.