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2026 Supreme(Online)(Ker) 6124

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
SYAM KUMAR V.M., J
ANOOP JACOB – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF KERALA – Respondent
CRL.MC NO. 1991 OF 2020



Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: SRI.S.RAJEEV, SRI.K.K.DHEERENDRAKRISHNAN, SRI.V.VINAY, SRI.D.FEROZE, SHRI.ANAND KALYANAKRISHNAN
For the Respondents: ADDL.DIRECTOR GENERAL OF PROSECUTION SRI.VINOD KUMAR.C, SMT.MAYA M.N, PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

A petition to quash proceedings becomes void when the petitioner is acquitted in the underlying trial.

Headnote:The petitioner sought to quash all further proceedings in S.C.No.620 of 2017. The court noted that the petitioner had already been acquitted in the trial which renders the matter infructuous. Consequently, the court dismissed the Crl.M.C. as infructuous.

Table of Content
1. petition filed to quash proceedings. (Para 1)
2. petitioner acquitted in trial renders matter infructuous. (Para 2)

O R D E R

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This Crl.M.C. is filed by the petitioner seeking to quash all further proceedings in S.C.No.620 of 2017 on the file of the Vth Additional Sessions Judge, Ernakulam

2. Today, when the matter is taken up for consideration, Advocate Smt.Nivedita Rajeev, representing Sri.S.Rajeev, the learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the matter has become infructuous insofar as the petitioner already stands acquitted in the trial that followed in S.C.No.620 of 2017. 3. In view of the subsequent developments, nothing further remains to be considered in the Crl.M.C. This Crl.M.C. is dismissed as infructuous.

Sd/-

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