IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.S.GOPINATHAN MONDAY, THE 23RD NOVEMBER 2009 / 2ND AGRAHAYANA 1931 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 3653 of 2009() ------------------------------ CRA.653/2008 of SESSIONS COURT, KOTTAYAM ST.1850/2007 of JUDL. MAGISTRATE OF THE FIRST CLASS-II (MOBILE), KOTTAYAM .................... REVN. PETITIONER: --------------------- P.D.RAVINDRAN, PUNNAPRAMBIL HOUSE, KAKKUR, NATTAKOM, KOTTAYAM DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.SURIN GEORGE IPE RESPONDENTS: --------------- 1. RAJU KURIAN, KOCHUPARAMBIL HOUSE, KOLLADU.P.O., KOTTAYAM. 2. STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.RITHWIK ADV. SRI.GEORGE MATHEW THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 23/11/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: P.S.Gopinathan, J. =============================== Crl.R.P.No.3653 of 2009 =============================== Dated this the 23rd day of November, 2009. ORDER The Judicial Magistrate of the First Class-II (Mobile), Kottayam in S.T.No.1850 of 2007 convicted the revision petitioner for offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act and sentenced to simple imprisonment for one month and a fine of Rs.10,000/-. 2. Being aggrieved he preferred Criminal Appeal No.653 of 2008, which was dismissed by judgment dated 26/6/2009. Now this revision petition. 3. The revision petitioner along with first respondent settled the matter out of court and filed Criminal M.Appl.No.11538 of 2009 seeking an order to record the compounding. Having heard either side, I find no reason to reject the petition. Hence the petition Criminal M.Appl.No.11538 of 2009 is recorded and the revision petitioner would stand acquitted under Crl.R.P.No.3653 of 2009 2 Section 147 of the Negotiable Instruments Act read with Section 320(8) of the Code of the Criminal Procedure and set at liberty. P.S.GOPINATHAN, JUDGE skj.