Supreme Court · 1964 INSC 78 · Decided 16 March 1964
Bondada Gajapathy Rao v. State of Andhra Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1964 INSC 78 · [1964] 7 S.C.R. 251
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 179/1961
- Decided
- 16 March 1964
- Bench
- A.K. SARKAR, M. HIDAYATULLAH, J.R. MUDHOLKAR (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Leave Granted & Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; CrPC; Constitution Article 136
Headnote
Criminal Trial-Appellant sentenced to imprisonment for life-Death during the pendencu of appeal-Heirs whether can prosecute appeal-Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, (Act 5 of 1898), s. 431, 435, 439-Constitution of India, Art. 136. The appellant was convicted under section 302 of the Indian Penal High Court for the offence of the murder of his wife. He was granted special leave to appeal by this Court. During the pendency of the hearing of this appeal the appellant died. After his death his sons and daughter applied to this Court for permission to continue to prosecute the appeal. It was
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