IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR TUESDAY, THE 24TH JULY 2007 / 2ND SRAVANA 1929 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 2784 of 2007(E) ------------------------------- CRA.733/2005 of SESSIONS COURT, KOZHIKOE ST.1512/2003 of JUDL. MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-I, KOZHIKODE .................... REVN. PETITIONER: ------------------ A. SURESH KUMAR, AGED 36 YEARS, PROPRIETOR, DIVYA TIMBERS, EAST KALLAI, CALICUT -3 BY ADV. SRI.P.SANJAY SRI.A.PARVATHI MENON RESPONDENTS: ------------- 1. A. RANJITH, S/O. A. DIVAKARAN, TIMBER MERCHANT, EAST KALLAI CALICUT -3 2. STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR] HIGH COURT OF KERALA BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.K.S. SIVAKUMAR SRI.BIJU MEENATTOOR THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 24/07/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Crl.R.P. NO. 2784 of 2007 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Dated, this the 24th day of July 2007 ORDER The accused in C.C.No. 152 of 2003 on the file of the J.F.C.M.-I, Kozhikode, 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 7920 of 2007 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. The amount of Rs. 25,000/- (Rupees twenty five thousand) deposited before the trial court pursuant to the orders passed by the lower appellate court shall be refunded to the revision petitioner/accused. This Crl. R.P. is disposed of as above. V. RAMKUMAR, (JUDGE) ani.