https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=280301 Attachment proceedings under the Criminal Law Amendment Ordinance, 1944 presuppose a living against whom a scheduled offence is alleged, and cannot be continued against the legal representatives or estate of a deceased accused. The Court also held that an attachment order cannot rest on a criminal finding recorded after the accused's death, because criminal proceedings abate on death and cannot culminate in a valid conviction. A posthumous finding of guilt is void, and the presumption of innocence cannot be displaced by such a finding. The attachment proceedings and orders confirming attachment were therefore invalid and unsustainable, and the impugned orders were set aside. en-us Mon, 04 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 30 Apr 2019 06:04:32 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=280301 Attachment proceedings under the Criminal Law Amendment Ordinance, 1944 presuppose a living against whom a scheduled offence is alleged, and cannot be continued against the legal representatives or estate of a deceased accused. The Court also held that an attachment order cannot rest on a criminal finding recorded after the accused's death, because criminal proceedings abate on death and cannot culminate in a valid conviction. A posthumous finding of guilt is void, and the presumption of innocence cannot be displaced by such a finding. The attachment proceedings and orders confirming attachment were therefore invalid and unsustainable, and the impugned orders were set aside. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 04 Jul 2016 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=280301