IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR WEDNESDAY, THE 31ST MARCH 2010 / 10TH CHAITHRA 1932 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 1160 of 2010() ------------------------------ CRA.701/2006 of SESSIONS COURT, KOTTAYAM CC.515/2005 of JUDL. MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS, KOTTAYAM .................... REVN. PETITIONER(S): PETITIONER/APPELLANT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ P.K.RAJU,PALAMALA HOUSE,KOTHALA.P.O., KOTTAYAM. BY ADV. SRI.K.GOPALAKRISHNA KURUP SRI.S.MANU RESPONDENT(S): RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. 2. THE KOTTAYAM CO-OPERATIVE URBAN BANK LTD REP. BY ITS PAMPADY BRANCH MANAGER. ADV. SRI.N.T.GOPAKUMAR FOR R2 PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.C.M.NAZAR THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 31/03/2010 , THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Crl.R.P. No.1160 of 2010 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Dated: 31.03.2010 ORDER The accused in C.C.No.515 of 2005 on the file of the J.F.C.M-I, Kottayam 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.3478 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 31st day of March, 2010. V. RAMKUMAR, JUDGE. sj