IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR MONDAY, THE 4TH AUGUST 2008 / 13TH SRAVANA 1930 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 2612 of 2008() ------------------------------ CRA.277/2000 of ADDL. SESSIONS COURT, FAST TRACK-I, PALAKKAD CC.166/1998 of JUDL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS COURT-III, PALAKKAD .................... REVN. PETITIONER/APPELLANT/ACCUSED: ----------------------------------------------- V. MOHANAN, S/O. VEEMBAN, AGED 40 YEARS, THUNDATHIL, KAVIPAD, OLAVAKKODE, PALAKKAD DISTRICT NOW RESIDING AT PALLAN HOUSE, MUTHALAMADA POST, CHITTUR TALUK, PALAKKAD DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.RAJESH SIVARAMANKUTTY SRI.GLEN ANTONY RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANT & STATE: -------------------------------------------------------------- 1. V. RAJKUMAR, S/O. VELAYUDHAN, DEVI NIVAS, KAVILPAD, PALAKKAD. 2. STATE OF KERALA REP. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY ADV. SMT.A.PREMAKUMARI FOR R1 SRI. C.M. NAZER, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 04.08.2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. ===================== Crl.R.P. No. 2612 of 2008 ===================== Dated this the 4th day of August, 2008. ORDER The accused in C.C. No. 166 of 1998 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate-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. 7878 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 4th day of August, 2008. V. RAMKUMAR,JUDGE. rv