Sri G K Prakash v. M/S Sri Vaishnavi Jewellers
Case brief
What is this about?
Abatement of criminal appeal; death of accused No.2; proprietorship establishment; S.378(4) Cr.P.C. appeal against acquittal-stage judgment; C.C.No.29280/2005 (XXth Addl. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Bangalore, judgment dated 2.6.2012); Crl. Appeal No.369/2012 (Vth Addl. City Civil and Sessions Judge, Bangalore, judgment dated 2.9.2013); CRL.A No.1107 of 2013; High Court of Karnataka; G Basavaraja J.; decision date 23.10.2025; parties: G K Prakash (appellant), M/s Sri Vaishnavi Jewellers and P.Subhash (respondents); counsel: V B Shiva Kumar (appellant, noted absent), Aravind M Negalur (for R1 and R2). Appeal dismissed as abated against both respondents; no relief granted, no costs awarded despite the prayer for cost of the revision petition phrasing in the cause title.
What did the court decide?
Having regard to the death of respondent No.2 (accused No.2) P.Subhash on 06.06.2014 and the death certificate produced with the memo, the appeal against respondent No.2 had already been recorded as abated by the order dated 30.10.2024.