IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR THURSDAY, THE 24TH JULY 2008 / 2ND SRAVANA 1930 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 2489 of 2008() ------------------------------ CRA.589/2005 of ADDL. SESSIONS COURT (ADHOC)-II, ALAPPUZHA CC.312/2001 of JUDL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-I, CHERTHALA .................... REVN. PETITIONER: ------------------ KUMARADHAS,S/O. KUMARAN, WARD NO. 18, KOKKOTHAMANGALAM, CHERTHALA BY ADV. SRI.JOBY CYRIAC RESPONDENTS: ------------- 1. SHRI. T.N. DHASAN, S/O.MADHAVAN, THEVANKARIYIL (HOUSE) THANNERMUKKOM PANCHAYATH, WARD NO. 18, KOKKOTHAMANGALAM, CHERTHALA 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA BY ADV. SRI.HORMISE ABRAHAM FOR R1 BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI. C.M. NAZAR THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 24-07-2008 , THE COURT ON 24/07/2008 PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Crl.R.P. No. 2487 of 2008 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Dated: 24-07-2008 ORDER The accused in C.C. No. 312 of 2001 on the file of the J.F.C.M.I, Cherthala 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. 2489 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. 3. The petitioner shall be released from prison forthwith unless his continued detention is necessary in connection with any other case against him. This Crl. R.P. is disposed of as above. Dated this the 24th day of July 2008. V. RAMKUMAR, (JUDGE) ani. Registry shall communicate the order to the prison authorities immediately.