Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court, Criminal Appeal No. 4978 of 2018, Kanhai Lal v. State of U.P., order dated 9.2.2023 (Ashwani Kumar Mishra and Vinod Diwakar, JJ.) - appeal against conviction and sentence of life imprisonment in Session Trial No. 196 of 2015 dismissed as abated following the death of the sole appellant; no adjudication on merits; no statute or precedent discussed.
What did the court decide?
As the sole appellant Kanhai Lal died during the pendency of the appeal, Criminal Appeal No. 4978 of 2018 abates and is dismissed. ¶7