Criminal appeal dismissed as abated on the sole ground that the appellant died during imprisonment, supported by production of a death certificate.
The criminal appeal was dismissed as abated. No operative order regarding conviction or sentence remained to be passed on merits.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
PRESENT:
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE A.M.SHAFFIQUE & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.SOMARAJAN
WEDNESDAY, THE 21ST DAY OF FEBRUARY 2018 / 2ND PHALGUNA, 1939
CRL.A.No. 730 of 2014
AGAINST THE JUDGMENT IN SC 359/2012 of THE COURT OF SESSIONS, KOTTAYAM DATED 25-06-2014.
CP 50/2012 of J.M.F.C.,PALA CRIME NO. 584/2012 OF PALA POLICE STATION , KOTTAYAM
APPELLANT:
BABU, C.NO.9359, CENTRAL PRISON, TRIVANDRUM
BY ADV. ANANDAN PILLAI (STATE BRIEF)
RESPONDENT:
STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY DIRECTOR GENERAL OF PROSECUTION, HIGH COURT OF KERALA.
BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR MR. NICHOLAS JOSEPH
THIS CRIMINAL APPEAL HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 21-02-2018, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:
A.M.SHAFFIQUE & P.SOMARAJAN, JJ
Crl.A. No. 730 of 2014
JUDGMENT
SHAFFIQUE, J.
It is submitted by the learned Public Prosecutor as well as the learned counsel appearing for the appellant that the appellant died while undergoing imprisonment. The death certificate has also been produced. The appeal has therefore become abated and hence the appeal is dismissed as abated.
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A.M.SHAFFIQUE, JUDGE
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P.SOMARAJAN, JUDGE
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BABU
STATE OF KERALA
A.M.SHAFFIQUE
P.SOMARAJAN
As recorded by the court registry
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