IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR WEDNESDAY, THE 31ST MARCH 2010 / 10TH CHAITHRA 1932 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 1164 of 2010() ------------------------------ CRA.737/2007 of III ADDL.SESSIONS COURT, KOLLAM CC.1222/2003 of JUDL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS, PARAVOOR .................... REVN. PETITIONER(S): ----------------------------------- SARASAN, KRISHNAVILASOM, THAZHAM MIDDLE, CHATHANNOOR P.O., KOLLAM DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.SHABU SREEDHARAN SRI.C.K.PRASAD RESPONDENT(S): ------------------------ 1. UDAYAKUMAR, THYKKATTU MELETHIL VEEDU, THAZHAM, CHATHANOOR P.O., KOLLAM. 2. STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.C.M.NAZAR SRI.N.A.JOHN JACOB FOR R1 THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 31/03/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. = = = = = = == = = = = = = = = = Crl.R.P. No.1164 of 2010 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Dated: 31.03.2010 ORDER The accused in C.C.No.1222 of 2003 on the file of the J.F.C.M, Paravoor, Kollam 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. 3483 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 31st day of March , 2010 V. RAMKUMAR,JUDGE. sj