IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR SATURDAY, THE 2ND SEPTEMBER 2008 / 11TH BHADRA 1930 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 3080 of 2008() ------------------------------ CRA.302/2007 of ADDL. SESSIONS COURT (ADHOC)-II, ALAPPUZHA CC.743/2004 of JUDL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-I, CHERTHALA .................... REVN. PETITIONER: --------------------------------- R.JAYASANKAR, S/O.LATE RADHAKRISHNAN, SANKAR VILLA, OPPOSITE X-RAY HOSPITAL, CHERTHALA, ALAPPUZHA. BY ADV. SRI.K.RONALD JOSE RESPONDENTS: ----------------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. 2. V.R.SANGEETH, VELIYIL HOUSE, EZHUPUNNA SOUTH P.O., CHERTHALA, ALAPPUZHA. BY ADV. SRI.V.S.RAJAN FOR R2 SRI.V.S.RAJAN FOR R2 THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 02/08/2008 , THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. = = = = = = = = = = = = Crl.R.P. No.3080 of 2008 = = = = = = = = = = = = Dated this the 2nd day of September, 2008 ORDER The accused in C.C.No.743 of 2004 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.9255 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 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. This Crl. R.P. is disposed of as above. Dated this the 2 nd day of September, 2008. V. RAMKUMAR, JUDGE sj Registry shall fax this order to the Superintendent of prison, Poojapura, where the petitioner is stated to be imprisoned, immediately.