Rajendran v. S.v.Ashok Kumar
Case brief
What is this about?
Madras High Court; Crl.A.No.574 of 2017; Rajendran v. S.V.Ashok Kumar; appeal under Section 378 of Criminal Procedure Code; judgment dated 11.04.2016; Judicial Magistrate Fast Track Court No.I, Coimbatore; C.C.No.384 of 2014; death of accused during pendency of appeal; nothing survives for adjudication; Criminal Appeal stands closed; D. Bharatha Chakravarthy, J.; decided 12.08.2025.
What did the court decide?
Closure of the Criminal Appeal without adjudication of its merits, upon recording that the accused had died during the pendency of the appeal and that nothing survived for further adjudication. ¶21