IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR WEDNESDAY, THE 9TH JULY 2008 / 18TH ASHADHA 1930 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 1686 of 2006() ------------------------------ CRA.348/2002 of ADDL. SESSIONS COURT (ADHOC)-II, PALAKKAD ST.756/1999 of CHIEF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE COURT, PALAKKAD .................... REVN. PETITIONER: APPELLANT/ACCUSED. ------------------------------------ R.NOOR MOHAMMED, S/O.RAHIM MUTHU RAWTHER, RAWTHER, AMBALATHU HOUSE, KADAMKODE, PALAKKAD. BY ADV. SRI.K.R.RAGHUNATH RESPONDENTS: COMPLAINANT AND STATE. ----------------------------------- 1. SALAMATHUNNISA, W/O.MOHAMMED HASNEEFA, 9/20, MANIKANDA NAGAR, EDAYARPALAYAM, KANIYAMPUTHUR, COIMBATORE. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY ADV. SRI.D.AJITHKUMAR FOR R1 PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI. C.M. NAZAR THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 09-07-2008, THE COURT ON 09/07/2008 PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Crl.R.P. No. 1686 of 2006 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Dated: 09-07-2008 ORDER The accused in S.T. No. 756 of 1999 on the file of the J.F.C.M. Chief Judicial Magistrate, Palakkad 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. 6678 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. Dated this the 9 th day of July 2008 V. RAMKUMAR, (JUDGE) ani.