Skip to content

The research platform for Indian law — judgements, legislation and the citations between them. Free to search, with the original document behind every result.

A product of LawSathi.

Research

Search Legislation Research tools

Browse

Courts Case types Topics Most-cited judgements Sources

LawSathi

Practice platform Blog

© 2026 LawSathiTerms PrivacyResearch aid, not the official record.

Pathukkaran Vs State by — Madras HC (2016) — LawSathi Research

Home
Madras HC
2016
Pathukkaran Vs State byPathukkaran v. State by

Dismissed

Pathukkaran v. State by

Madras HC14 Dec 2016CRL A/824/2008

Case brief

AI extract

What is this about?

The High Court dismissed the criminal appeal as it had abated due to the death of the appellant, upon verification of a death certificate.

What did the court decide?

The Criminal Appeal is dismissed as abated.

What the court decided

AI extract

A

1

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 14.12.2016

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.BHARATHIDASAN

Criminal Appeal.No.824 of 2008

Pathukkaran @ Annamalai ... Petitioner

vs

State rep. by the Inspector of Police, R.K.Pet Police Station, Pallipattu Taluk, Thiruvallur District. ... Respondent

Criminal Appeal filed under section 374(2) of Code of Criminal

Procedure, to set aside the judgment dated 15.07.2003 made in S.C.No.46 of 2002 on the file of the learned Additional District and Sessions Judge, Fast

Track Court No.5, Chengalpattu at Thiruvallur.

Parties & counsel

AI extract

appellant
Pathukkaran @ Annamalai
respondent
State rep. by the Inspector of Police, R.K.Pet Police Station, Pallipattu Taluk, Thiruvallur District

Coram

AI extract

V.Bharathidasan

Case details

As recorded by the court registry

Court: Madras HC
Decided on: 14 Dec 2016 · December
Registered: 1 Dec 2008
Case no.: CRL A/824/2008

Similar cases

Judgements on the same questions, provisions and authorities, from every court

Finding judgements on the same questions…

More from V. Bharathidasan

Senthil Alias Ramesh Vs the District Magistrate
8 Dec 2016
K.S.Moorthy Vs G.Saravanan
8 Dec 2016
Reserve Bank of India Vs S.Venkataraman
7 Dec 2016
Duraisamy Vs State by
14 Dec 2016

Cite this judgement

Pathukkaran v. State by, CRL A/824/2008 (MAD), decided on 14 December 2016.

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

Bench / Coram

V.Bharathidasan

Parties & counsel

Outcome

The Criminal Appeal is dismissed as abated.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

The criminal appeal was held to be abated as the appellant died while the appeal was pending; the appeal was accordingly dismissed without engaging with its substantive merits.

A compact analysis

This page shows the compact analysis of this judgement. The full analysis — procedural history, issue-by-issue holdings with ratio and obiter, advocates, and paragraph-level evidence for every claim — is being added to the record in batches and will appear here when this judgement has been through it.

For Appellant : S.Doraisamy For Respondent : Mrs.Shabana Government Advocate(Crl. Side) *****

2

V.BHARATHIDASAN . J

rrg

JUDGMENT

The learned counsel appearing for the appellant submits that pending

appeal, appellant died on 02.07.2010. The learned Government Advocate(Crl

Side) appearing for the respondent after verification produced the death certificate dated 04.07.2010 to that effect. Since the appellant was died, the

Criminal Appeal is dismissed as abated.

14.12.2016

Index:yes/no Internet:yes/no rrg

To

1.The Additional District and Sessions Judge, Fast Track Court No.V, Chengalpattu at Thiruvallur.

2.The Inspector of Police, R.K.Pet Police Station, Pallipattu Taluk, Thiruvallur District.

3

Crl.A.No.824 of 2008

07.12.2016 http://www.judis.nic.in

CNR

HCMA010705832008

Bench

V. Bharathidasan

Disposal

DISMISSED AS ABATED

P.Ramamoorthy Vs P.Subramani

14 Dec 2016

D.Jayachandran Vs the India Cement Ltd. by

14 Dec 2016