IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR THURSDAY, THE 12TH JUNE 2008 / 22ND JYAISHTA 1930 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 1914 of 2008() ------------------------------ CRA.782/2006 of ADDL.SESSIONS COURT, KOTTAYAM CC.547/2004 of JUDL. MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS, VAIKOM .................... REVN. PETITIONER/APPELLANT/ACCUSED: ---------------------------------------------- SANTHOSH, S/O LEKSHMANAN, PANACKAL HOUSE, WARD NO.2, TV PURAM. BY ADV. SRI.S.A.SANTHOSH SRI. K.SHAJ SRI.SAJJU.S RESPONDENTS: ----------------- 1. MANMADHAN, KATTOOR, ENADI, CHEMPU VILLAGE. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REP.BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.P.RAVINDRA BABU THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 12/6/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. ===================== Crl.R.P. No.1914 of 2008 ===================== Dated this the 12th day of June, 2008 ORDER The accused in C.C. No.547/2004 .on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate, Vaikom 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. 5754 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. V. RAMKUMAR,JUDGE. css/ css/