IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR THURSDAY, THE 29TH MAY 2008 / 8TH JYAISHTA 1930 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 1716 of 2008(U) ------------------------------- CRA.766/2004 of ADDL.SESSIONS COURT, KOTTAYAM CC.487/2004 of JUDL. MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-II(MOBILE), KOTTAYAM .................... REVN. PETITIONER: APPELLANT/ACCUSED: ------------------------------------ V.K.PRAKASH, PRABISH CONSTRUCTIONS, MOOLAYIL, CHENNITHALA P.O., ALAPPUZHA. BY ADV. SRI.JOSE DAVIS RESPONDENTS: RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANT AND STATE: ----------------------------------------------- 1. MANGALAM PUBLICATIONS (INDIA) PVT. LTD., BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS OFFICE AT MANGALAM BUILDING, BAKER JUNCTION, KOTTAYAM REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR, SRI.SAJAN VARGHESE. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY ADV. SRI.GEORGEKUTTY MATHEW FOR R1 PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ARI. P.P. RAVINDRABABU THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 29/05/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V.RAMKUMAR, J. ................................................. Crl.R.P. No. 1716 of 2008 ................................................ Dated: 29th May 2008 O R D E R The accused in C.C. No. 487 of 2004 on the file of the J.F.C.M. II, (Mobile) , 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. 5183 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. Crl.R..P. No. 1716 of 2008 -:2:-