This court dismissed a criminal revision petition seeking to set aside an appellate order confirming conviction. The petition was closed and the charge abated upon the petitioner submitting a Death Certificate proving death prior to the date of hearing.
Criminal Revision Case closed; charge against the petitioner abated.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED 03.02.2020
CORAM
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE R.MAHADEVAN
CRL.R.C.NO.944 OF 2016
R.Saravanan .. Petitioner/Accused
Vs
Prayer:-
Criminal Revision Case filed under Section 397 read with 401 of Cr.P.C. praying to set aside the order dated 03.06.2016 made in C.A.No.21 of 2015 on the file of the III Additional Sessions Judge, Vellore @ Tirupattur, confirming the conviction and sentence passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate No.I, Tirupattur, Vellore District in STC.No.701/2013 dated 31.07.2015.
For Petitioner : Mr.S.Saravanan For 1st Respondent : Mr.L.Mahendran
ORDER
The Criminal Revision Case has been filed seeking to set aside the order dated 03.06.2016 made in C.A.No.21 of 2015 on the file of the III Additional Sessions Judge, Vellore @ Tirupattur, confirming the conviction and sentence passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate No.I, Tirupattur, Vellore District in STC.No.701/2013 dated 31.07.2015.
Sd/-
Assistant Registrar(CS I)
//True Copy//
Sub Assistant Registrar
tsi
To
1. The Judicial Magistrate No.I,
Tirupattur, Vellore District.
2. The III Additional Sessions Judge,
Vellore @ Tirupattur.
3. The Section Officer,
Criminal Section Records,
High Court, Madras-104.
+1cc to Mr.S.Saravanan, Advocate, S.R.No.8023
Crl.R.C.No.944 of 2016
BR(CO)
CS/11/03/2020
1 issue framed by the court
Whether a criminal revision petition survives adjudication when the petitioner presents a Death Certificate proving death before judgment.
2 provisions across 1 enactments
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