IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR TUESDAY, THE 24TH JUNE 2008 / 3RD ASHADHA 1930 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 2068 of 2008() ------------------------------ CRA.98/2001 of III ADDL.SESSIONS COURT, KOLLAM CC.711/1997 of JUDL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS, PARAVOOR .................... REVN. PETITIONER/APPELLANT/ACCUSED: ----------------------------------------------- SIVADASAN, S/O. RAMAN, POIKAYIL VEEDU, CHIRAKKARA, EDAVATTOMCHERRY, KALLUVATHUKKAL. BY ADV. SRI.BIMAL K.NATH SRI.S.JAMAL SRI.E.M.SUNIL KUMAR SMT.SMITHA DIVAKARAN SRI.SREEVALSAN.V RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANT: ---------------------------------------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. 2. BAIJU, S/O. BALACHANDRAN, BAIJU MANDIRAM, NEAR VETERINARY HOSPITAL, KALLUVATHUKKAL, KOLLAM. R2 BY ADV. SRI.BABU.S. SRI. P. RAVINDRA BABU, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 24.06.2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. ===================== Crl.R.P. No. 2068 of 2008 ===================== Dated this the 24th day of June, 2008. ORDER The accused in C.C. No. 711 of 1997 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate, Paravoor 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. 2068 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 his continued detention is found necessary in connection with any other case against him. This Crl. R.P. is disposed of as above. Dated this the 24th day of June, 2008. V. RAMKUMAR,JUDGE. rv