2025 Supreme(Online)(Ker) 56489
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
SYAM KUMAR V.M., J
ISMAIL – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF KERALA – Respondent
CRL.MC NO. 4451 OF 2020|CRL.A.NO.264/2018
For the Appellants/Petitioners: SRI.C.M.MOHAMMED IQUABAL
For the Respondents: SMT.MAYA M.N.
A case is deemed infructuous and closed when factual circumstances render the original petition irrelevant.
Headnote:This Criminal Miscellaneous Case filed under Crl.A.No.264/2018 requests to annul the order dated 29.02.2020 and dismiss the mentioned petition. The court noted that the case has become infructuous and subsequently closed the case. The court resolved that the petition submissions were redundant due to the passage of time. The core issue presented was whether the criminal miscellaneous application remains valid based on factual changes over time. The ratio decidendi indicated that matters which lose relevance by circumstance should be closed without further adjudication. Conclusively, this Criminal Miscellaneous Case is closed as infructuous.
ORDER
This Criminal Miscellaneous Case is filed seeking to set aside Annexure A9 Order dated 29.02.2020 in Crl.A.No.264/2018 on the files of the Additional Sessions Judge, Tirur in C.M.P.No.175/2018 in M.C.No.8/2016 on the files of the Gramanyayalaya, Ponnani, Edappal and dismiss Annexure A5 petition as not maintainable.
Adv.Smt.Anupama R. Nair, representing Sri.C.M. Mohammed Iquabal, the learned counsel for the petitioner submits that this Criminal Miscellaneous Case has become infructuous.
Recording the said submission, this Criminal Miscellaneous Case is closed as infructuous.