IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR THURSDAY, THE 12TH FEBRUARY 2009 / 23RD MAGHA 1930 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 536 of 2009() ----------------------------- CRA.108/2000 of ADDL. SESSIONS COURT (ADHOC)-II, PALAKKAD CC.343/1999 of JUDL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS COURT-III, PALAKKAD .................... REVN. PETITIONER(S): --------------------- DEVADAS, AGED 52 YEARS, PROPRIETOR, DAS REFRIGERATION, ANAND BUILDING, NOORANI, PALAKKAD BY ADV. SRI.V.JOHN SEBASTIAN RALPH RESPONDENT(S): --------------- 1. A.R. VENGITAKRISHNAN, S/O. THE LATE A.V. RAMA IYER, 27/566, AADITYAPURAM VILLAGE, PALLIPURAM POSTing PALAKKAD 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI. PUZHAKKARA MUHAMMED ADV. SRI.K.SURESH KUMAR FOR R1 THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 12/02/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Crl.R.P. No. 536 of 2009 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Dated: 12-02-2009 ORDER The accused in C.C. No. 343 of 1999 on the file of the J.F.C.M III, Palakkad, 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. 1650 of 2009 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 prison forthwith, unless his continued detention is found necessary in connection with any other case against him. Registry shall fax this Order to the Superintendent, District Jail, Kozhikode, immediately. This Crl. R.P. is disposed of as above. Dated this the 12th day of February 2009. Sd/-V. RAMKUMAR, (JUDGE) ani. /true copy/