https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169318 An appeal under Section 394 CrPC abates on the appellant's death unless a qualified relative seeks leave within the prescribed time and shows sufficient cause for delay; a belated application filed nearly ten years later was rightly rejected, so the appeal abated as to the deceased appellant. In the corruption prosecution, the conviction could not be sustained because the prosecution failed to prove demand of illegal gratification by reliable evidence, and the presumption arising from acceptance of gratification could not replace proof of the foundational facts. The surviving appellant was therefore acquitted and his conviction and sentence set aside. en-us Fri, 30 Nov 1990 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 14 Apr 2015 10:50:37 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169318 An appeal under Section 394 CrPC abates on the appellant's death unless a qualified relative seeks leave within the prescribed time and shows sufficient cause for delay; a belated application filed nearly ten years later was rightly rejected, so the appeal abated as to the deceased appellant. In the corruption prosecution, the conviction could not be sustained because the prosecution failed to prove demand of illegal gratification by reliable evidence, and the presumption arising from acceptance of gratification could not replace proof of the foundational facts. The surviving appellant was therefore acquitted and his conviction and sentence set aside. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 30 Nov 1990 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169318