IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU ON THE 29TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2019 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAVI MALIMATH AND THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M. NAGAPRASANNA CRIMINAL APPEAL No.519 OF 2014 BETWEEN:
MUNIYAPPA, SON OF HUCHAIAH, AGED ABOUT 31 YEARS, RESIDING AT KOPPA, KASABA HOBLI, GUBBI TALUK – 572 216.
... APPELLANT (BY SRI H. PAVANA CHANDRA SHETTY, ADVOCATE) AND:
STATE BY GUBBI POLICE, TUMAKURU DISTRICT – 572 101.
...RESPONDENT (BY SRI VIJAYA KUMAR S. MAJAGE, ADDITIONAL STATE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR) THIS CRIMINAL APPEAL IS FILED UNDER SECTION 374(2) OF CR.P.C. PRAYING TO SET ASIDE THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT AND ORDER DATED 21.10.2013 PASSED BY THE PRINCIPAL DISTRICT AND SESSIONS JUDGE, TUMAKURU, IN S.C.NO.211 OF 2012, CONVICTING THE APPELLANT OR ACCUSED FOR THE OFFENCE PUNISHABLE UNDER SECTION 302 OF I.P.C. THE APPELLANT – ACCUSED IS SENTENCED TO UNDERGO LIFE IMPRISONMENT AND TO PAY FINE OF RS.30,000/-, IN DEFAULT, TO PAY FINE HE SHALL UNDERGO AN ADDITIONAL SIMPLE IMPRISONMENT FOR 10 MONTHS FOR THE OFFENCE PUNISHABLE UNDER SECTION 302 OF IPC ETC.
THIS CRIMINAL APPEAL COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, RAVI MALIMATH J., DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:
J U D G M E N T Learned counsel for the appellant has filed a memo reporting death of the appellant along with the inquest report issued by B.M.I.S. Hospital, Belgaum, in respect of the death of the appellant.
2. The report issued by the B.M.I.S. Hospital, Belgaum, indicates that the appellant has died 11.03.2014. Hence, the appeal is dismissed as abated.
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