IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR WEDNESDAY, THE 17TH FEBRUARY 2010 / 28TH MAGHA 1931 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 559 of 2010() ----------------------------- CRA.356/2009 of SPL.COURT SPE/CBI-II & IV ADDL.SESSIONS COURT, ERNAKULAM CC.274/2007 of ADDL.CHIEF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE (E & O), ERNAKULAM .................... REVN. PETITIONER(S): APPELLANT/ACCUSED --------------------------------------------------------------------------- BINESH KUMAR P.C., PARAYIDATHUVELIYIL HOUSE, NADAKKAVU P.O., UDAYAMPEROOR. BY ADV. SRI.N.O.THOMAS SRI.K.MANOJ CHANDRAN RESPONDENT(S): RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT & STATE --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. MR.K.J.LINNICHAN, KALLARACKAL, NADAKKAVU P.O., UDAYAMPEROOR. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. SRI.MARTIN ROY FOR R1 PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.P.A.SALIM THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 17/02/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Crl.R.P. No.559 of 2010 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Dated: 17.02.2010 ORDER The accused in C.C.No.274 of 2007 on the file of the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (E.O), 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.1700 of 2010 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 17th day of February, 2010. V. RAMKUMAR, JUDGE. sj