IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR FRIDAY, THE 5TH SEPTEMBER 2008 / 14TH BHADRA 1930 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 3152 of 2008() ------------------------------ CRA.423/2006 of SESSIONS COURT, MANJERI ST.7713/2003 of JUDL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS COURT, TIRUR .................... REVN. PETITIONER/APPELLANT/ACCUSED: ----------------------------------------------- M.V. PRABHAKARAN, S/O. RAMAN, MANAYATH VALAPPIL HOUSE, POST KAVANCHERY, MANGALAM, TIRUR TALUK, MALAPPURAM DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRIC.M.MOHAMMED IQUABAL RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT: ------------------------------------------------- 1. PURURSHOTHAMAN, S/O. VASU, AMMATTUPARAMBIL HOUSE, THALAKKAD AMSOM, MANGATTIRI DESOM, TIRUR TALUK, MALAPPURAM DISTRICT. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY ADV. SRI.S.SHAJI SRI. C.M. NAZER, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 05/09/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. ........................................... Crl.R.P. No. 3152 of 2008 ........................................... Dated this the 5th day of September, 2008. ORDER The accused in ST. No. 7713 of 2003 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate, Tirur 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. 9470 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. Dated this the 5th day of September, 2008. V. RAMKUMAR,JUDGE. rv