Krishna Gupta v. State of U.P.
Criminal Appeal – Abatement – Appellant died during pendency of appeal
Case brief
What is this about?
CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 1208 of 1986, Krishna Gupta vs State of U.P., High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, single bench of Nalin Kumar Srivastava, J., order dated 17.8.2022. Appeal dismissed as abated on report of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Agra dated 20.12.2021 that the appellant had died; no appearance on behalf of appellant. Counsel: Virendra Singh for appellant; A.G.A. for respondent. No statutes or precedents discussed; no separate opinions.
What did the court decide?
In view of the report of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Agra that the appellant has died, the appeal is dismissed as abated. ¶7