IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR FRIDAY, THE 5TH SEPTEMBER 2008 / 14TH BHADRA 1930 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 3164 of 2008() ------------------------------ CRA.621/2002 of ADDL.SESSIONS COURT (ADHOC)-III, THALASSERY STC.2183/1999 of JUDL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS COURT-I, KANNUR .................... REVN. PETITIONER: --------------------------------- K.P.BALAN NAMBIAR, S/O.KAMMARAN NAMBIAR, AGED 55 YEARS, RESIDING AT HINDUKUSH, PALLIKKUNNU AMSOM, DESOM, KANNUR DIST. BY ADV. SRI.SUDHEESH THAROL SRI.RAJAN KUDUMBATHIL RESPONDENTS: ------------------------- 1. MEERA SUDHAKARAN W/O.M.K.SUDHAKARAN, 47 YEARS, PALLIKUNNU AMSOM CHALAD DESOM THROUGH P.A.HOLDER, M.K.SUDHAKARAN PALLIKUNNU AMSOM, CHALAD, DESOM, KANNUR DIST. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REP. BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA,ERNAKULAM. BY ADV. SRI.RAJAN KUDUMBATHIL FOR R1 PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.P.RAVEENDRA BABU THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 05/09/2008 , THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. = = = = = = = = = = = = Crl.R.P. No.3164 of 2008 = = = = = = = = = = = = Dated this the 5th day of September, 2008 ORDER The accused in S.T.C No.2183 of 1999 on the file of the J.F.C.M- I, Kannur 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.9501 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 5th day of September, 2008. V. RAMKUMAR, JUDGE sj Registry shall fax this order to the Central Prison, Kannur, forthwith.