IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR MONDAY, THE 22ND FEBRUARY 2010 / 3RD PHALGUNA 1931 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 642 of 2010() ----------------------------- CRA.204/2002 of ADDL.SESSIONS COURT (ADHOC), KOTTAYAM CC.1900/1998 of JUDL. MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS, CHENGANACHERRY .................... REVN. PETITIONER(S): REVISION PETITIONER/APPELLANT/ACCUSED ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAJI, PROPRIETOR, ADONA TYRES, KATTAPPANA. BY ADV. SRI.M.P.MADHAVANKUTTY RESPONDENT(S): STATE & COMPLAINANT --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. 2. HANTOS RUBBER INDUSTRIES, ATHIKKUZHY, NEDUMKUNNAM, CHANGANACHERRY, REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGING PARTNER, BINU BABU, CHARAKKULAM HOUSE,NEDUMKUNNAM.P.O., CHANGANACHERRY. ADV. SRI.GEORGE SEBASTIAN PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.P.A.SALIM THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 22/02/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. = = = = = = == = = = = = = = = = Crl.R.P. No.642 of 2010 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Dated: 22.02.2010 ORDER The accused in C.C.No.1900 of 1998 on the file of the J.F.C.M-II(Mobile), Changanacherry 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.1920 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. The petitioner shall be released from prison forthwith, unless his continued detention is found necessary in connection with any other case against him. Registry shall communicate this order to the Superintendent of the Prison concerned immediately. This Crl. R.P. is disposed of as above. Dated this the 19th day of February, 2010 V. RAMKUMAR,JUDGE. sj