IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR MONDAY, THE 11TH FEBRUARY 2008 / 22ND MAGHA 1929 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 382 of 2008() ----------------------------- CRA.456/2004 of ADDL. SESSIONS FAST TRACK COURT-II, PALAKKAD CC.330/2003 of JUDL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS COURT-III, PALAKKAD .................... REVN. PETITIONER/APPELLANT/ACCUSED: ----------------------------------------------- K.V. RADHAKRISHNAN, K.V. NIVAS, H. NO. 3/432, KUNNUKADU, AKATHETHARA, PALAKKAD. BY ADV. SRI.VINOD KUMAR.C RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANT: ---------------------------------- 1. SUNIL KUMAR, MELAPPURA VEEDU, VADAKKEMURY, KANNADI AMSOM, PALAKKAD. 2. STATE OF KERALA REP. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY ADV. SRI.K.K.DHEERENDRAKRISHNAN SRI. K.S. SIVAKUMAR, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 11.02.2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. ===================== Crl.R.P. No. 382 of 2008 ===================== Dated this the 11th day of February, 2008 ORDER The accused in C.C No. 330 of 2003 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. 1312 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/accused 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. rv