Dismissed¶35
State of Karnataka v. Sri Range Gowda
Karnataka HCCRL.A/26/2022
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Abatement of criminal appeal on death of respondent/accused; State appeal under S.378(1) and (3) Cr.P.C. against acquittal; alleged offences under IPC Sections 120-B, 465, 466, 467, 468, 418, 420, 201; acquittal dated 28.10.2019 by IV Additional District and Sessions Judge, Doddaballapura in CRL.A.No.10010/2017; memo reporting death of respondent; death not disputed by Additional SPP; appeal dismissed as abated; Karnataka High Court Division Bench (H.P. Sandesh and Venkatesh Naik T, JJ.), 13.02.2026.
What did the court decide?
Since the appeal challenged an order of acquittal and the sole respondent had died during its pendency (a death not disputed by the State), the criminal appeal stands dismissed as abated. ¶35