{"id":170272,"date":"2010-02-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-07T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/k-m-govindarajan-vs-state-of-tamil-nadu-on-8-february-2010"},"modified":"2016-08-10T19:58:19","modified_gmt":"2016-08-10T14:28:19","slug":"k-m-govindarajan-vs-state-of-tamil-nadu-on-8-february-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/k-m-govindarajan-vs-state-of-tamil-nadu-on-8-february-2010","title":{"rendered":"K.M.Govindarajan vs State Of Tamil Nadu on 8 February, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Madras High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">K.M.Govindarajan vs State Of Tamil Nadu on 8 February, 2010<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS\nDATED:  08.02.2010\nCORAM\nTHE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE C.T.SELVAM\nCRL.O.P.No.12261 of 2007\nand\nM.P.No.1 of 2007\n\nK.M.Govindarajan\t\t\t\t\t\t\t...Petitioner\n\n-Vs-\n\nState of Tamil Nadu\nrepresented by its\nCommissioner,\nGudiyattam Municipality,\nGudiyattam.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t...Respondent\n\t\n\tCriminal Original Petition filed under Section 482 of Criminal Procedure Code to call for records in S.T.C. No.1245 of 2006 on the file of the learned Judicial Magistrate, Gudiyattam and quash the same.\n\n\t\t\tFor Petitioner\t: Mr.S.R.Rajagopal\n\t\t\tFor Respondent\t: No Appearance\n*****\n\nO R D E R\n<\/pre>\n<p>\t The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the accused\/petitioner is no more.  Hence, nothing survives for adjudication.\n<\/p>\n<p>C.T.SELVAM, J.\n<\/p>\n<p>gm<\/p>\n<p>\t2.In view of the said submission, the Criminal Original Petition is dismissed.  Consequently, the connected miscellaneous petition is closed.\n<\/p>\n<p>08.02.2010<\/p>\n<p>Index:yes\/no<br \/>\nInternet:yes\/no<br \/>\ngm<\/p>\n<p>CRL.O.P.No.12261 of 2007<br \/>\nand<br \/>\nM.P.No.1 of 2007<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madras High Court K.M.Govindarajan vs State Of Tamil Nadu on 8 February, 2010 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 08.02.2010 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR. 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