IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE R.BASANT WEDNESDAY, THE 18TH JUNE 2008 / 28TH JYAISHTA 1930 CRL.A.No. 31 of 2002() ---------------------- ST.140/1992 of CHIEF JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE, ALAPPUZHA .................... APPELLANT: SPECIAL LEAVE PETITIONER/COMPLAINANT ------------------------------------------------------------ R.THANKARAJ, S/O.RAGHU, AGED 58 YEARS, STAR CLINICAL LABORATORY, NEAR BUS STAND,KALAVOOR, ALAPPUZHA. BY ADV. SRI.M.V.MATHEW RESPONDENTS: RESPONDENTS/ACCUSED/STATE ----------------------------------------------------- 1. V.MURALEEDHARAN, S/O.VASUDEVAN NAMBOOTHIRI, NEDUMPURATH ILLATHU,KALAVOOR, ALAPPUZHA. 2. STATE OF KERALA,REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA,ERNAKULAM. BY ADV. SRI.K.N.VENUGOPALA PANICKER FOR R1 PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, SRI.GIKKU JACOB FOR R2 THIS CRIMINAL APPEAL HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 18/06/2008,THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: R. BASANT, J. ----------------------------------------------- Crl.A. No. 31 OF 2002 ----------------------------------------------- Dated this the 19th day of June, 2008 JUDGMENT The appellant is reported dead. The legal heirs have not come forward to prosecute the appeal. Learned counsel for the appellant submits that he has no instructions and no legal heirs have come forward to prosecute the appeal. This appeal under Section 394(2) Cr.P.C. is, in these circumstances, dismissed as abuted. R. BASANT, JUDGE ttb Crl.Appl. No. 31 OF 2002 2 Crl.Appl. No. 31 OF 2002 3