Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 1024 · Decided 31 July 2025
Khem Singh (D) Through LRS v. State of Uttaranchal (Now State of Uttarakhand) & Another ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 1024 · [2025] 7 S.C.R. 2108
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1330/2017
- Decided
- 31 July 2025
- Bench
- B.V. NAGARATHNA, K.V. VISWANATHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 148, 452, 302, 307, 149, 326; CrPC Section 372, 2(wa), 374(2); Constitution Article 136
Headnote
During pendency of these appeals, son of original appellant (since deceased) filed an application seeking setting aside of the abatement and for substitution. Whether the applicant is entitled to be substituted in place of so as to continue to prosecute these appeals. Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - Proviso to s.372 - The applicant contended that having regard to the proviso to s.372 of the CrPC, the substitution applications may be allowed by condoning the delay in filing the
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