IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR WEDNESDAY, THE 2ND APRIL 2008 / 13TH CHAITHRA 1930 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 1131 of 2008() ------------------------------ CRA.378/2005 of I ADDL. SESSIONS COURT, THRISSUR CC.489/2001 of JUDL. MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS COURT, CHAVAKKAD .................... REVISION PETITIONER/APPELLANTS/ACCUSED -------------------------------------------------------- M.S.PRAKASAN, AGED 58, S/O.PAINKUNNIPARAMBIL KRISHNAN, MARUTHAYOOR DESOM, PAVARATTY AMSOM, CHAVAKKAD TALUK, THRISSUR DIST. BY ADV. SRI.M.ANIL KUMAR SMT.PREETHI K.PURUSHOTHAMAN RESPONDENTS: COMPLAINANT ---------------------------------- 1. JAYATHILAKAN, S/O.CHETTIPARAN KRISHNANKUTTY, IRATTUPPUZHA DESOM, BLANGAD AMSOM, CHAVAKKAD. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY ADV. SRI.M.A.VINOD SRI. M.S.BREEZE, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 02/04/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. ===================== Crl.R.P. No.1131 of 2008 ===================== Dated this the 2nd day of April, 2008 ORDER The accused in C.C. No. 489 of 2001 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate, Chavakkad 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.3338 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. rv