IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR MONDAY, THE 21ST JULY 2008 / 30TH ASHADHA 1930 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 2423 of 2008() ------------------------------ CRA.510/2007 of ADDL.SESSIONS COURT, (ADHOC), ERNAKULAM CC.1050/2002 of ADDL.CHIEF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE, ERNAKULAM .................... REVN. PETITIONER: APPELLANT/ACCUSED ----------------------------------- M.P.KURIAKOSE, AGED 57 YEARS, S/O.PAULOSE, MURIKKUDY HOUSE, SOUTH VAZHAKKULAM P.O., CHEMPARACKY, ERNAKULAM. BY ADV. SRI.K.SUNILKUMAR RESPONDENTS: RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANT AND STATE ---------------------------------------------- 1. EDISON ANTONY @ K.A.EDISON, KUTTENCHERY HOUSE, ERUMATHALA P.O. KEEZHMADU, ALUVA. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, DISTRICT COURT, ERNAKULAM. BY ADV. SRI.N.K.SOMASEKHARAN PILLAI FOR R1 PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.P.RAVEENDRA BABU THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 21/07/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. = = = = = = = = = = = = Crl.R.P. No.2423 of 2008 = = = = = = = = = = = = Dated this the 21st day of July, 2008 ORDER The accused in C.C.No.1050 of 2002 on the file of the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ernakulam 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.7298 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 counsel. 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 21st day of July, 2008. V. RAMKUMAR, JUDGE sj