Sri Anantha Muralidhar v. Sri S Surya Narayana
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court at Bengaluru; CRL.A. No. 351 of 2015; filed u/S 378(4) Cr.P.C.; challenged acquittal dated 13.2.2015 by 23rd ACMM, Bangalore in C.C.No.14672/10 for offences p/u/s 138, 142 of N.I. Act; death of respondent-accused reported by police with death certificate (date of death 26.02.2017); appeal held not to survive; appeal dismissed on 25.02.2025; no findings on merits of acquittal; single-judge coram Shivashankar Amarannavar; respondent served but no advocate named; no cases cited.
What did the court decide?
In view of the death of the respondent-accused, the appeal does not survive. ¶24