IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE N.K.BALAKRISHNAN THURSDAY, THE 18TH AUGUST 2011 / 27TH SRAVANA 1933 CRL.A.No. 1008 of 2003() ------------------------------ CC.800/1999 of ADDL.CHIEF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE, ERNAKULAM .................... APPELLANT(S): COMPLAINANT ------------------------------------ P.P. VARGHESE, KURUTHUKULANGARA PALLISSERY HOUSE, AMMADAM P.O., VIA THRISSUR. BY ADV. SRI.MADHU N.NAMBOOTHIRIPAD RESPONDENT(S): ACCUSED & STATE ------------------------------------------- 1. K.J. RAMAKRISHNAN ALIAS RAMU, SOUND ENGINEER, ARTEC AUDIO CORPORATION, TOLL JUNCTION, EDAPPALLY, KOCHI - 24., NOW RESIDING AT HOUSE NO.XXXVII/2351, ODIPPATTIL LANE, KALOOR P.O., KOCHI - 682 017. 2. STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. R2 BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SRI.ALEX M. THOMBRA THIS CRIMINAL APPEAL HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 18/08/2011, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: svs N.K.BALAKRISHNAN, J. -------------------------------- Crl.A.No.1008 of 2003 ------------------------------- Dated this the 18th day of August 2011 J U D G M E N T This appeal was filed by the complainant in a case filed by him under Secs.138 and 142 of the N.I.Act. That case ended in acquittal. This appeal was filed in the year 2003. Since the service was not complete, the case was taken up several times. No steps were taken. Even after two years of notifying the defect, the counsel for the appellant has not taken any steps to cure the defect. Hence this appeal is dismissed for non- prosecution. N.K.BALAKRISHNAN, JUDGE. Jvt