IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR MONDAY, THE 5TH APRIL 2010 / 15TH CHAITHRA 1932 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 1182 of 2010() ------------------------------ CRA.148/2008 of SESSIONS COURT, KOTTAYAM CC.771/2005 of JUDL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS - I, ETTUMANUR .................... REVN. PETITIONER(S): PETITIONER/APPELLANT/ACCUSED ------------------------------------------------- JOLLY JOHN, PUTHENPARAMBIL HOUSE, KARAPUZHA P.O.,KOTTAYAM. BY ADV. SRI.K.GOPALAKRISHNA KURUP SRI.S.MANU SMT.K.DEEPA (PAYYANUR) RESPONDENT(S): COMPLAINANT & STATE ---------------------------------- 1. GINO JAMES,EDUKKUMTHARAYIL HOUSE, SREEKANDA MANGALAM, ATHIRAMPUZHA,KOTTAYAM. 2. STATE OF KERALA REP.BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.C.M.NAZAR SRI.DILEEP RAJ FOR R1 SRI.K.S.MURALIKRISHNAN NAIR FOR R1 THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 05/04/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Crl.R.P. No. 1182 of 2010 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Dated: 05.04.2010 ORDER The accused in C.C.No.771/2005 on the file of the J.F.C.M, Ettumanoor 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.3550 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 5th day of April , 2010. V. RAMKUMAR, JUDGE. sj