Dismissed¶24
V.Ranganathan v. Rani
Madras HCCRL A/244/2010
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
CRL.A.No. 244 of 2010; High Court of Judicature at Madras; decided 19-06-2025 by Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy; appeal under Section 378(4) CrPC by V. Ranganathan against acquittal of Rani under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act (C.C.No.218 of 2004, Judicial Magistrate, Gudiyatham, judgment dated 06.01.2010); appellant reported dead, legal representatives did not continue prosecution; appeal dismissed as abated; no precedent cited; no monetary quantum involved.
What did the court decide?
In view of the death of the appellant and the failure of his legal representatives to approach the counsel for continuing to prosecute the appeal, the Criminal Appeal is dismissed as having abated. ¶24