Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court, Criminal Appeal No. 1017 of 1994 (Ram Prakash v. State of U.P.), decided 19.4.2022 by Anil Kumar Ojha, J. Sole appellant died on 22.01.2021; death reported by CJM Firozabad (report dated 09.09.2021) pursuant to order dated 3.3.2021 in Criminal Appeal No. 5361 of 2003 (Pankaj Rai and Another Vs. State of U.P.) and confirmed by Office report dated 11.04.2022. Appeal dismissed as abated; order to be communicated to complainant/informant through CJM Firozabad; lower court record to be transferred to District Court. Keywords: abatement, death of sole appellant, criminal appeal, Allahabad High Court.
What did the court decide?
Criminal Appeal No. 1017 of 1994 dismissed as abated on the death of the sole appellant; Office directed to communicate the order to the complainant/informant through the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Firozabad; lower court record, if received, to be transferred to the District Court concerned.