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THE FATE OF 138 CASE IN WHICH ACCUSED DIES

1. Section 138 - Complainant - Death during pendency of proceedings - Not necessary that legal heirs or legal representatives only can continue the proceedings - A fit and proper person can be permitted to prosecute the petition. (Sebastian Vs State of Kerala) 2004(2) CIVIL COURT CASES 05 (Kerala) = 2004(2) CRIMINAL COURT CASES 223 (Kerala)

2. Section 138 - Complainant - Death during pendency of proceedings - Sister - Can be allowed to continue the proceedings when legal heirs do not chose to come on record to prosecute the petition. (Sebastian Vs State of Kerala) 2004(2) CIVIL COURT CASES 05 (Kerala) = 2004(2) CRIMINAL COURT CASES 223 (Kerala)

3. Section 138 - Complainant - Death of - Complaint does not ipso facto terminate or abate upon death of complainant - Where complainant is dead, his legal representative, agent or power- of- attorney holder can be permitted to prosecute complaint. (Jimmy Jahangir Madan Vs Mrs.Bolly Cariyappa Hindley) 2002(1) CIVIL COURT CASES 539 (Kant.) : 2002 (1) ISJ (BANKING) 0200

4. Section 138 - Death of complainant - Substitution of L.R's - Can be allowed if Magistrate is satisfied from material on record and other surrounding circumstances that such permission should be given. (Raviselvam Vs Nalini Vijayakumar) 2001(1) CIVIL COURT CASES 467 (Madras)

5. Section 138 - Death of drawer of cheque - Proceedings against his L.R's - Cannot be initiated. (Smt.Girija Vs K.Vinay) 2003(3) CRIMINAL COURT CASES 203 (Karnataka)

6. Section 138 - Dishonour of cheque - Death of accused during trial - Proceedings will abate - Legal heirs cannot be prosecuted. (Sham LalVs Raj Kumar Aggarwal) 2002(2) CIVIL COURT CASES 370 (P&H) : 2002(2) CRIMINAL COURT CASES 505 (P&H) : 2002 (2) ISJ (BANKING) 0083

7. Section 138 - Dishonour of cheque - Death of complainant - Son of complainant who is successor to the business must be deemed to be "holder in due course". (Ajay Kumar Agarwal & Anr. Vs State of Jharkhand & Anr.) 2003(2) CRIMINAL COURT CASES 600 (Jharkhand)

8. Section 138 - Revision against conviction - Death of complainant during pendency of revision - L.R's allowed to be brought on record as financial benefit has accrued by order of conviction. (Mohinder Dutt Sharma Vs Bhagat Ram) 2002(2) CIVIL COURT CASES 280 (H.P.) = 2002(2) CRIMINAL COURT CASES 297 (H.P.)

9. Section 138 - Death of complainant - In appropriate cases the Magistrate can grant permission to the son of the deceased complainant to proceed with the complaint. (Jayaranjan Vs Jayaranjan) 1993 (SUPPL.) CIVIL COURT CASES 718 (Kerala) : 1993 ISJ (BANKING) 0328 : 1992 (2) BANKING CASES 0574 : 1995 (82) COMP. CASES 0629 : 1995 BJ 0703 : 1993 (2) CRIMES 0666

10. Section 138 - Death of complainant - Proceedings do not ipso facto terminate or abate - Magistrate can allow substitution if satisfied from surrounding circumstances and materials on record that such permission should give given - son allowed to be substituted as complainant. (S.Reddappa Vs M.Vijaya) 1997(1) CIVIL COURT CASES 248 (Kant.) : 1997 (4) ALL INDIA CRIMINAL LR (KARNATAKA) 0160 : 1998 (2) BANKING CASES 0609 : 1997 (2) CRIMES 0272 : 1997 (1) CCR 0631

THE FATE OF 138 CASE IN WHICH ACCUSED DIES

5. Section 138 - Death of drawer of cheque - Proceedings against his L.R's - Cannot be initiated. (Smt.Girija Vs K.Vinay) 2003(3) CRIMINAL COURT CASES 203 (Karnataka)

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Vinod Singh Tomar (Advocate & Legal advisor) 16 October 2010

Dear friends,

Question is very clear. a complaint case in which accused is died and not the complainant. Complainant can be substituted but not the accused. Once the accused is dead, the case is abated. It is very clear.

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SACHIN AGARWAL (ADVOCATE) 26 October 2010

These are the Criminal proceedings and all the Criminal Proceedings are abated when the accused dies during pendency of trial and likewise in 138 Cases, the case would certainly abate and the legal heirs of accused cannot be substituted..

Sankaranarayanan (Advocate) 26 August 2011

yes it is abated.

rajeev joshi (lawyer) 11 August 2018

will u pl quote the relevant sec either IPC or CrPC, wherein the death of the accused causes abatement of the case? Sec 394 of Crpc deals only with abatement of appeal.