IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR TUESDAY, THE 18TH MARCH 2008 / 28TH PHALGUNA 1929 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 1135 of 2003() ------------------------------ CRA.63/2000 of ADDL. SESSIONS COURT (ADHOC)-II, PALAKKAD ST.334/1994 of CHIEF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE COURT, PALAKKAD .................... REVN. PETITIONER: APPELLANT/ACCUSED (IN CUSTODY) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- V.VIJAYAKUMAR, 3/448, 'SREE PADMA', VALIAPADAM, CHOKKNATHAPURAM, PALAKKAD. BY ADV. SRI.G.HARIHARAN RESPONDENTS: STATE AND RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. 2. T.VENUGOPAL, ADVOCATE, 'SREE VIHAR', VALIAPADAM, CHOKKANATHAPURAM, PALAKKAD. BY ADV. SRI.P.VIJAYA BHANU SRI.P.M.RAFIQ PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.M.S.BREEZ THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 18/03/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Crl.R.P. No.1135 of 2003 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dated this the 18th day of March, 2008 ORDER The accused in S.T. No. 334 of 1994 on the file of the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court, Palakkad 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. 2084 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Cr.P.C. The sum of Rs.20,000/-(Rupees twenty thousand only) deposited before the trial court shall be permitted to be withdrawn by the 1st respondent/complainant. This Crl. R.P. is disposed of as above. V. RAMKUMAR, JUDGE sj