Dismissed¶18
Saravanan v. the State Rep by Its
Madras HCCRL A/141/2023
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Abatement of criminal appeal on death of appellant; death certificate produced and taken on record; Section 374(2) Criminal Procedure Code, 1973; Special Court for exclusive trial of offences under POCSO Act, Salem; New Spl.S.C.No.230 of 2019; judgment dated 11.04.2022; Crime No.7 of 2018; Salem Town All Women Police Station; Saravanan v. State; Madras High Court; dismissed as abated; acquittal prayer not considered; no merits adjudicated.
What did the court decide?
In view of the submissions that the appellant is no more and the death certificate having been taken on record, the Criminal Appeal is dismissed as abated. ¶18