IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR TUESDAY, THE 1ST JULY 2008 / 10TH ASHADHA 1930 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 2177 of 2008() ------------------------------------------- CRA.301/2004 of I ADDL. SESSIONS COURT, KOLLAM CC.740/2002 of JUDL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-I, KOTTARAKKARA .................... REVN. PETITIONER/APPELLANT IN CRL.A.NO.301/2004/ACCUSED IN CC.NO.740/2002 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ T.G.JOHNSON, S/O. GEEVARGHESE CHARUVILA VEEDU, UDIYANADU MURI, VETTIKKAVALA VILLAGE, KOTTARAKKARA. BY ADV. SRI.K.V.ANIL KUMAR RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENT NO.1 IN CRL.A.NO.301/2004/COMPLAINANT IN CC.NO.740/2002/RESPONDENT NO.2 IN CRL.A.NO.301/2004 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. MATHEW PANICKER, S/O. SIMON POOMUTTATHU VEEDU, UDIYANADU MURI, VETTIKKAVALA VILLAGE, KOTTARAKKARA. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA ERNAKULAM. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.C.M.NAZAR SRI.AJITH MURALI - R1 THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 01/07/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. ===================== Crl.R.P. No.2177 of 2008 ===================== Dated this the Ist day of July, 2008 ORDER The accused in C.C. No.740/2002 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate I, Kottarakkara 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. 6581 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 Ist day of June 2008 V. RAMKUMAR,JUDGE. css/