IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR TUESDAY, THE 11TH MARCH 2008 / 21ST PHALGUNA 1929 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 815 of 2008() ----------------------------- CRA.651/2005 of ADDL. SESSIONS COURT (ADHOC)-II, ALAPPUZHA CC.372/2001 of JUDL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-I, CHERTHALA .................... REVN. PETITIONER: PETITIONER ---------------------------- M.ASOKAN, KALATHIL HOUSE C.M.C.20,CHERTHALA P.O. PIN 688 524. BY ADV. SRI.S.P.ARAVINDAKSHAN PILLAY SMT.N.SANTHA SRI.K.A.BALAN SRI.PETER JOSE CHRISTO SRI.S.A.ANAND RESPONDENTS: ------------- 1. S.ANEESH,ANEESHALAYAM,C.M.C.WARD NO.8 VARANAD P.O.,,CHERTHALA, PIN 688 543. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA OFFICE OF THE ADVOCATE GENERAL, ERNAKULAM KOCHI PIN 682 031. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.PUZHAKKARA MUHAMMED SRI.G.N.NAIR THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 11/03/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. ................................. Crl.R.P. No. 815 of 2008 .................................... Dated: 11-03-2008 ORDER The accused in C.C. on the file of the J.F.C.M.I, Cherthala 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. 2437 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) ani.