{"id":199059,"date":"2008-08-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-27T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/k-gopinathan-vs-jinu-john-on-28-august-2008"},"modified":"2014-03-06T07:40:38","modified_gmt":"2014-03-06T02:10:38","slug":"k-gopinathan-vs-jinu-john-on-28-august-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/k-gopinathan-vs-jinu-john-on-28-august-2008","title":{"rendered":"K.Gopinathan vs Jinu John on 28 August, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">K.Gopinathan vs Jinu John on 28 August, 2008<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nCRL.A.No. 951 of 2005()\n\n\n1. K.GOPINATHAN, GOPI SADANAM,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. JINU JOHN, JINU BHAVAN,\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. THE STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.B.MOHANLAL\n\n                For Respondent  : No Appearance\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice V.GIRI\n\n Dated :28\/08\/2008\n\n O R D E R\n                     V. GIRI, J.\n-----------------------------------------------\n       Criminal Appeal No. 951 OF 2005 (C)\n-----------------------------------------------\n     Dated this the 28th day of August, 2008\n\n                   J U D G M E N T\n<\/pre>\n<p>         The learned counsel for the appellant submits<\/p>\n<p>that the matter is settled out of court. Hence, the<\/p>\n<p>appeal is closed.<\/p>\n<p>                                            Sd\/-\n<\/p>\n<p>                                      V. GIRI, JUDGE<\/p>\n<p>skr<\/p>\n<p>         \/\/ True copy \/\/<\/p>\n<p>                                       P.A. to Judge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court K.Gopinathan vs Jinu John on 28 August, 2008 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM CRL.A.No. 951 of 2005() 1. K.GOPINATHAN, GOPI SADANAM, &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. JINU JOHN, JINU BHAVAN, &#8230; Respondent 2. 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