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Raju John Vs State of Kerala — Criminal Trial and Appeal | Kerala HC (2023)

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Raju John v. State of Kerala

Kerala HC1 Dec 2023Crl.MC/6231/2016

Case brief

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What is this about?

The High Court of Kerala dismissed Criminal Miscellaneous Case No.6231 of 2016 as infructuous based on the counsel's submission.

What the court decided

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM

PRESENT

THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.V.KUNHIKRISHNAN

FRIDAY, THE 1^ST DAY OF DECEMBER 2023 / 10TH AGRAHAYANA, 1945

CRL.M.C. NO.6231 OF 2016

C.C. NO.2982/2013 ON THE FILE OF THE JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE OF FIRST CLASS, KARUNAGAPPALLY.

PETITIONER/ACCUSED NO.4:

RAJU JOHN, AGED 29 YEARS, S/O. JOHN JOSEPH, MUTTATHUTHOPPIL, SAKTHIKULANGARA, KOLLAM.

BY ADVS. SRI.S.RAJEEV SRI.K.K.DHEERENDRAKRISHNAN SRI.D.FEROZE SRI.V.VINAY

RESPONDENT/STATE/COMPLAINANT:

STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM-682 031, (CRIME NO.2453/2012 OF KARUNAGAPPALLY POLICE STATION, KOLLAM DISTRICT).

Parties & counsel

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petitioner
Raju John
respondent
State of Kerala

Coram

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P.V. Kunhikrishnan

Case details

As recorded by the court registry

Court: Kerala HC
Decided on: 1 Dec 2023 · December
Registered: 19 Sept 2016
Case no.: Crl.MC/6231/2016

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Cite this judgement

Raju John v. State of Kerala, Crl.MC/6231/2016 (KL), decided on 1 December 2023.

The High Court of Kerala publishes no neutral citation for this judgement — cite it by case number and date of decision.

Bench / Coram

P.V. Kunhikrishnan

Parties & counsel

Outcome

Dismissed

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

This order dismisses the Criminal Miscellaneous Petition as infructuous following the submission of counsel. No substantive legal proposition is laid down as the matter was disposed of on procedural grounds.

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SMT. SREEJA V., PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

THIS CRIMINAL MISC. CASE HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 01.12.2023, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING:

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CRL.M.C. NO.6231 OF 2016

P.V. KUNHIKRISHNAN, J.

------------------------------------------------------Crl. M.C. No.6231 of 2016

------------------------------------------------------Dated this the 1^st day of December, 2023

ORDER

The counsel for the petitioner submits that this matter is infructuous.

Recording the above submission, this Criminal

Miscellaneous Case is dismissed as infructuous.

Sd/-

P.V. KUNHIKRISHNAN JUDGE

bpr

CNR

KLHC010210432016

Topic

Criminal Trial and Appeal

Bench

P.v.kunhikrishnan

Disposal

DISMISSED AS INFRUCTUOUS

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