Crl.R.P.No.1133 of 2018 1 2025:KER:29022 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE M.B. SNEHALATHA THURSDAY, THE 3RD DAY OF APRIL 2025 / 13TH CHAITHRA, 1947 CRL.REV.PET NO. 1133 OF 2018 AGAINST THE JUDGMENT IN Crl.A NO.62 OF 2015 OF SESSIONS COURT - II, MANJERI ARISING OUT OF THE JUDGMENT IN ST NO.4 OF 2014 OF JUDICIAL FIRST CLASS MAGISTRATE COURT-II, TIRUR REVISION PETITIONER/APPELLANT/ACCUSED: P.C. SUNEESH AGED 31 YEARS,S/O. RAJAN, POTTANCHOLAKKAL HOUSE, VENGAD, PERINTHALMANNA, MALAPPURAM, HAVING SHOP ADDRESS AT MOBILE JOCKEYS (MOBILE SHOP), MARKET ROAD, VALANCHERRY, MALAPPURAM DISTRICT, PIN 676552 BY ADV P.T.SHEEJISH RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT/COMPLAINANT: 1 P. MAHAROOF, AGED 23 YEARS S/O.PATHIYIL MOOSA, RESIDING AT VADKKUMBRAM AMSOM DESOM, CHAKKUMPADI, TIRUR TALUK, MALAPPURAM DISTRICT, 676552 2 STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNKULAM-682 931 BY ADV SRI.K.RAKESH BY SMT.MAYA M.N-PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR HEARING ON 03.04.2025, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: Crl.R.P.No.1133 of 2018 2 2025:KER:29022 M.B.SNEHALATHA, J ------------------------------------------- Crl.R.P.No.1133 of 2018 ------------------------------------------- Dated this the 3rd April, 2025 O R D E R Revision petitioner is the accused in S.T.No.4/2014 on the file of Judicial First Class Magistrate Court II, Tirur and he is the appellant in Crl.A No.62/2015 of Sessions Court, Manjeri. He was convicted and sentenced for the offence punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instrument Act (for short N.I Act) 2. Aggrieved by the judgment of conviction and sentence accused has preferred this revision petition before the Court. 3. When this matter came up for hearing, the learned counsel for the revision petitioner/accused and the learned counsel for the 1st respondent/complainant submitted that the matter was amicably settled between the parties and they filed Crl.M.A. No.1/2025 under Section 147 of N.I.Act seeking permission to compound the offence. 4. Section 147 of NI Act enables the parties to compound Crl.R.P.No.1133 of 2018 3 2025:KER:29022 the offence under Section 138 of N.I Act even at the revisional stage. Hence, Crl.M.A.No.1/2025 filed by the parties seeking permission to compound the offence under Section 147 of N.I.Act is allowed and the parties are permitted to compound the offence. Accordingly, the judgment of conviction and sentence in S.T.No.4/2014 of the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court II, Tirur and Crl.A No.62/2015 of Sessions Court, Manjeri against the accused for the offence under Section 138 N.I Act are set aside and the revision petitioner/accused is acquitted. His bail bond stands discharged. The Crl.Revision Petition stands disposed of as above. Sd/- M.B.SNEHALATHA JUDGE ab