IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR WEDNESDAY, THE 26TH MARCH 2008 / 6TH CHAITHRA 1930 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 2944 of 2006() ------------------------------ CRA.420/2003 of ADDL.SESSIONS COURT (ADHOC)III, MANJERI ST.96/2001 of CHIEF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE COURT, MANJERI .................... REVN. PETITIONER: PETITIONER/APPELLANT/ACCUSED ---------------------------------------------- P.V.MUSTHAFA ABDUSAMAD, S/O. UNEERIKUTTY HAJI, PUTHENVEETTIL, `MUTHALEEF', OTHAYI POST, EDAVANNA. BY ADV. SMT.SUMATHY DANDAPANI RESPONDENTS: COMPLAINANT & STATE --------------------------------- 1. T.K.MUHAMMEDKUTTY, HANSAM, VANIYAMBALAM POST, WANDOOR. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY ADDITIONAL PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, MANJERI, REP. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY ADV. SRI.BABU S. NAIR BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI. PUZHAKKARA MUHAMMED THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 26-03-2008, THE COURT ON 26/03/2008 PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. ................................. Crl.R.P. No. 2944 of 2006 .................................... Dated: 26-03-2008 ORDER The accused in S.T. No. 96 of 2001 on the file of the J.F.C.M. Manjeri 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. 3008 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. A sum of Rs. 1,25,000/- (Rupees one lakh twenty five thousand only) deposited by the revision petitioner before the before the trial court shall be refunded to the first respondent/complainant. This Crl. R.P. is disposed of as above. V. RAMKUMAR, (JUDGE) ani.