IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR FRIDAY, THE 23RD NOVEMBER 2007 / 2ND AGRAHAYANA 1929 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 4209 of 2007() ------------------------------ CC.84/2000 of JUDL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS-I, CHERTHALA .................... REVN. PETITIONER: ------------------------ K.THILAKAN, VALIYAVELIYIL, EZHUPUNNA SOUTH P.O., CHERTHALA. BY ADV. SRI.C.K.SAJEEV RESPONDENTS: -------------------------- 1. P.R. PADMANABHA PANICKER, PALANIJIYIL, KUTHIATHODE P.O, CHERTHALA. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REP.BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.C.M.NAZAR THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 23/11/2007 , THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. ===================== Crl.R.P. No. 4209 of 2007 ===================== Dated this the 23rd day of November, 2007 ORDER The accused in C.C. No. 84/2000 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. 12413 of 2007 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 revision petitioner shall be released from Central Prison, Kollam 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 sj /True Copy/ P.A To Judge CRL. R.P. NO. -:2:- V. RAMKUMAR, J. ====================== Crl.R.P. No. ====================== Dated this the day of October, 2007 ORDER The accused in C.C. / ST. No..................on the file of the J.F.C.M, 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. of 2007 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. Money, if any, deposited by the revision petitioner pursuant to the orders, if any, passed by the lower appellate court shall be refunded to the revision petitioner/accused. CRL. R.P. NO. -:3:- This Crl. R.P. is disposed of as above. V. RAMKUMAR, JUDGE rv