IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR MONDAY, THE 1ST SEPTEMBER 2008 / 10TH BHADRA 1930 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 3055 of 2008() ------------------------------ CRA.380/2005 of ADDL. DISTRICT & SESSIONS COURT (ADHOC), FAST TRACK COURT-III, PATHANAMTHITTA S.T.NO. 1071/2004 of JUDL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-II, PATHANAMTHITTA .................... REVN. PETITIONER/APPELLANT/ACCUSED: ----------------------------------------------- VALSAMMA THOMAS, W/O. THOMAS ABRAHAM, CHOORAKKATTUMANNIL HOUSE, PAKKIL P.O., NATTAKOM VILLAGE, KOTTAYAM. BY ADV. SRI.ARUN B. VARGHESE RESPONDENTS:- RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANT: ----------------------------------------------------- 1. VALSAMMA VARGHESE, W/O. GHEEVARGHESE CHACKO, MODITHEKKATHIL PRINCE VILLA, PANANGADU P.O., KULANADA, PANDALAM. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY ADV. SRI. P. RAVINDRA BABU, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 01.09.2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. ......................................... Crl.R.P. No. 3055 of 2008 ......................................... Dated this the 1st day of September, 2008. ORDER The accused in ST. No. 1071 of 2004 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate-II, Pathanamthitta for an offence punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, challenges the conviction entered and the sentence passed against her concurrently by the courts below. 2. Pending this revision, the parties have settled the matter. Crl.M.A.No. 9190 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 petitioner shall be released from custody forthwith unless her continued detention is found necessary in connection with any other case against her. This Crl. R.P. is disposed of as above. Dated this the 1st day of September, 2008. V. RAMKUMAR,JUDGE Issue photostat copy to the petitioner who may produce it before the Superintendent of the concerned prison for the release of the petitioner.