IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR TUESDAY, THE 30TH NOVEMBER 2010 / 9TH AGRAHAYANA 1932 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 3525 of 2010() ------------------------------ CRA.184/2007 of ADDL.SESSIONS COURT, PATHANAMTHITTA ST.1338/2005 of JUDL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS COURT- II,PATHANAMTHITTA .................... REVN. PETITIONER(S): ----------------- ABDUL KHANI, S/O. K.S. KHANI, EDATHODIYIL HOUSE, ELIYARACKAL P.O. KONNI, PATHANAMTHITTA BY ADV. SRI.C.S.MANILAL RESPONDENT(S): ------------- 1. A.S. VARGHESE, ATHANATHIL HOUSE, ,MANEERA P.O., KONNI, PATHANAMATHITTA – 689 691 2. STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.SABU SREEDHARAN THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 30/11/2010, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Crl.R.P. No. 3525 of 2010 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Dated: 30-11-2010 ORDER The accused in S.T. No. 1338 of 2005 on the file of the J.F.C.M. II, Pathanamthitta, 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. 11253 of 2010 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. Crl.R.P. No. 3525 of 2010 -:2:- 3. The petitioner shall be released from prison unless his continued detention is found necessary in connection with any other case. This Crl. R.P. is disposed of as above. V. RAMKUMAR, JUDGE. ani/- Registry shall communicate this order to the Superintendent of Prison where the petitioner is housed.