Pasupuleti Malyadri, Guntur Dt., v. Sankara Ravindra Babu, Guntur & Anr, Rep Pp.
Criminal Revision – Abatement – Death of sole revision petitioner during pendency of revision
Case brief
What is this about?
Andhra Pradesh High Court at Amaravati, Criminal Revision Case No. 2659 of 2017, Pasupuleti Malyadri v. Sankara Ravindra Babu and The State of Andhra Pradesh, decided 3rd February 2026 by Justice B.V.L.N. Chakravarthi. Revision filed under Section 397/401 CrPC against the judgment and sentence dated 16-10-2017 in Cri.A. No. 656 of 2015 (XI Addl. Sessions & District Judge, Tenali) confirming the judgment and sentence dated 21-11-2015 in C.C.No.276/2012 (Principal Junior Civil Judge, Tenali). Counsel for revision petitioner reported his death; no legal representatives sought leave to continue; revision stood abated under Section 394 CrPC and was dismissed as abated with no order as to costs; pending interlocutory applications closed.
What did the court decide?
Since none of the legal representatives of the deceased revision petitioner came forward seeking leave to continue the criminal revision case, it stands abated as against the revision petitioner under Section 394 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.