K S Kiran Hegde v. Sri Iyanna
Case brief
What is this about?
High Court of Karnataka, Bengaluru; NC: 2025:KHC:47306; CRL.RP No. 900 of 2019 (criminal revision, S.397 r/w 401 Cr.P.C.; cf. S.438 BNSS). Abatement of revision petition on death of sole respondent (complainant in S.138 N.I. Act matter); petitioner's failure to implead legal representatives despite time granted treated as lack of diligence; petition under challenge: conviction u/s.138 N.I. Act and Rs.6,00,000/- fine in C.C.No.3623/2014 dated 20.08.2015 (XXII Addl. CMM, Bangalore City). Outcome: dismissed as abated; no case-law cited; no relief or quantum awarded in this proceeding.
What did the court decide?
Since the petitioner failed to file applications to bring the legal representatives of the deceased sole respondent on record despite time having been granted, indicating that the petitioner was not diligent in pursuing the Revision Petition, the Revision Petition is dismissed as abated.