https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=752561 On the death of a complainant in a prosecution under the Negotiable Instruments Act, the proceeding does not necessarily abate where the Criminal Procedure Code contains no provision for such abatement. A court may, in appropriate cases, permit a legal heir to continue the prosecution, and that permission is not an impermissible substitution of a new complainant when it only authorises continuation by an heir. The existence of other heirs does not by itself invalidate such permission. The Calcutta High Court therefore upheld the order allowing one legal heir to prosecute the complaint and declined revisional interference. en-us Tue, 07 May 2024 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 13 May 2024 22:03:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=752561 On the death of a complainant in a prosecution under the Negotiable Instruments Act, the proceeding does not necessarily abate where the Criminal Procedure Code contains no provision for such abatement. A court may, in appropriate cases, permit a legal heir to continue the prosecution, and that permission is not an impermissible substitution of a new complainant when it only authorises continuation by an heir. The existence of other heirs does not by itself invalidate such permission. The Calcutta High Court therefore upheld the order allowing one legal heir to prosecute the complaint and declined revisional interference. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 07 May 2024 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=752561