IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.K.MOHANAN FRIDAY, THE 29TH JANUARY 2010 / 9TH MAGHA 1931 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 360 of 2010() ----------------------------- CRA.109/2008 of ADDL. SESSIONS COURT-II, MAVELIKKARA CC.638/2005 of JUDL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-I, CHENGANNUR .................... REVN. PETITIONER/APPELLANT/ACCUSED: ------------------------------------------------- C.S. JACOB, S/O CHANDY SAMUEL, CHIRAMEL HOUSE, MUNDANCAVU MURI, CHENGANNUR VILLAGE, CHENGANNUR TALUK BY ADV. SRI.RINNY STEPHEN CHAMAPARAMPIL RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANT & STATE: ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1. THOMAS VARGHESE, KANNATHU VEEDU, THITTAMEL, CHENGANNUR 2. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM R1 BY ADV. SMT.ASHA ELIZABETH MATHEW R2 BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI. P.R. JAYAKRISHNAN THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 29/01/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V.K. MOHANAN, J. --------------------------------------- Crl. R.P. No. 360 of 2010 --------------------------------------- Dated this the 29th day of January, 2010 O R D E R This revision petition is directed against the judgment dated 26-06-2009 in Crl. A. No. 109 of 2008 of the court of the Additional Sessions Judge-II, Mavelikkara and judgment dated 29-01-2008 in C.C. No. 638 of 2005 of the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court-I, Chengannur. Accused is the revision petitioner. By the above judgments, the revision petitioner/accused was found guilty under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act and accordingly, the sentence was imposed. The cheque in question covers for an amount of Rs. 75,000/-. As the matter has been compounded between the parties, this revision petition can be disposed of acquitting the revision petitioner/ accused. In the result, this revision petition is allowed setting aside the judgments of the court below mentioned above and acquitting the accused. In the light of the compounding of the offence and acquittal of the revision petitioner, any coercive steps taken against the revision petitioner, if any, shall stand withdrawn. V.K. MOHANAN, JUDGE.