Dismissed
Rakesh Kumar Singh @ Gappu Singh v. State of U.P.
Allahabad HCCRLA/3659/2002
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
The High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, in Criminal Appeal No. 3659 of 2002, considered an appeal challenging a conviction. The court noted that the sole appellant, Rakesh Singh @ Gappu Singh, had already died. Consequently, the appeal abated and was dismissed under standard legal provisions regarding death of a party during pendency.
What did the court decide?
The criminal appeal abated due to the death of the sole appellant and was accordingly dismissed.