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Pandaram alias Murugan v. The Sub inspector of police

Madras HC29 Jan 2026CRL RC(MD)/580/2019

Case brief

AI extract

What is this about?

Abatement of criminal revision case on death of revision petitioner/accused; Madras High Court, Madurai Bench; single-judge order of Mohammed Shaffiq, J.; case closed as abated, no costs; revision under Section 438(1) B.N.S.S.; underlying conviction in C.A.No.122 of 2018 (IV Additional Sessions Judge, Tirunelveli) modifying S.C.No.698 of 2016 (Assistant Sessions Judge, Ambasamuthiram); Crime No.55 of 2013, Kadayam Police Station, Tirunelveli; petitioner Pandaram @ Murugan died 05.12.2020; no merits discussed, no precedents cited.

What did the court decide?

None substantive. The prayer to set aside the conviction and sentence was not granted; the revision case was closed as abated following the petitioner's death, with no order as to costs. ¶18

Pandaram alias Murugan Vs The Sub inspector of police — Madras HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

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Crl.RC(MD)No.580 of 2019

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BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT

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DATED: 29.01.2026

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CORAM

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THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE MOHAMMED SHAFFIQ

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Crl.RC(MD)No.580 of 2019

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Pandaram @ Murugan ... Petitioner

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Vs.

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The State through, The Sub Inspector of Police, Kadayam Police Station, Tirunelveli District. Crime No.55 of 2013

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... Respondent

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Prayer : This Criminal Revision Case is filed under Section 438(1) of B.N.S.S. praying to call for the records pertaining to the judgment of conviction and sentence passed in C.A.No.122 of 2018 on the file of learned IV-Additional Sessions Judge, Tirunelveli, dated 19.07.2019 modified the judgment in S.C.No.698 of 2016 on the file of learned Assistant Sessions Judge, Ambasamuthiram, dated 20.09.2018 and set aside the same.

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https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis

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Crl.RC(MD)No.580 of 2019

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For Petitioner : Mr.S.Velrajan For Respondent : Mr.A.Thiruvadi Kumar Additional Public Prosecutor

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ORDER

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When the matter was taken up for hearing, Mr.S.Velrajan, learned Counsel for Revision Petitioner submitted that Petitioner/Accused No.1 had died on 05.12.2020. He also produced the death certificate of Petitioner to that effect.

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