Dismissed¶25
Mr. Arun Kumar v. Mr. P . Srinivasa
Karnataka HCCRL.RP/1046/2022
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Criminal revision — death of respondent-complainant during pendency — failure to substitute dependents despite time granted on 18.03.2025 and 09.06.2025 — revision under S.397/401 Cr.P.C. cannot be proceeded on merits in absence of respondent or dependents — dismissed for non-prosecution — High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru — V Srishananda, J. — decided 13.03.2026 — CRL.RP No. 1046 of 2022 — impugned: judgment in Crl.A. No. 25089/2019 dated 16.05.2022, 74th Addl. City Civil and Sessions Judge, (CCH-75), Mayo Hall Unit, Bangalore.
What did the court decide?
In the absence of the respondent or the dependents of the respondent, the revision petition cannot be proceeded on merits; accordingly, the petition stands dismissed for non-prosecution. ¶25