IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.RAMKUMAR THURSDAY, THE 22ND MAY 2008 / 1ST JYAISHTA 1930 Crl.Rev.Pet.No. 1608 of 2008() ------------------------------ CRA.364/2006 of ADDL. SESSIONS COURT (ADHOC)-II, ALAPPUZHA CC.69/2005 of JUDL.MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS, RAMANKARI .................... REVN. PETITIONER: APPELLANT/ACCUSED ----------------------------------- SAJI JACOB, S/O.JACOB, BATHEL HOUSE NEAR S.B.H.S., OPPOSITE VIJAYA TYRE CHANGANASSERY. BY ADV. SRI.C.A.ANUPAMAN RESPONDENTS: RESPONDENTS/COMPLAINANT & STATE -------------------------------------------- 1. JOSEPH THOMAS, S/O.THOMAS CHACKO VELLOOCHERRY HOUSE, KAINAKARY, ALAPPUZHA. 2. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA ERNAKULAM. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI. M.S. BREEZE SRI.P.N.SASIDHARAN FOR R1 THIS CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 22/05/2008, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING: V. RAMKUMAR, J. ....................................... Crl.R.P. No. 1608 of 2008 ...................................... Dated: 22-05-2008 ORDER The accused in C.C. No. 69 of 2005 on the file of the J.F.C.M., Ramankaray, 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. 4821 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 prison forthwith unless his continued detention is necessary in connection with any other case. This Crl. R.P. is disposed of as above. V. RAMKUMAR, (JUDGE) ani.