Allahabad HCCRLA/1186/2020
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench (Neutral Citation 2025:AHC-LKO:22565-DB), Coram: Sangeeta Chandra, J. and Shree Prakash Singh, J., by order dated 22.04.2025 dismissed Criminal Appeal No. 1186 of 2020 (Arif v. State of U.P.) as abated following the death of the sole appellant on 23.02.2025 during treatment; Trial Court Record tagged with connected Appeal No. 1099 of 2020 (Imran Khan v. State of U.P.). Keywords: abatement, death of sole appellant, criminal appeal, jail superintendent report.
What did the court decide?
Since the sole appellant Arif S/o Najim died during the pendency of the appeal, the appeal is liable to be dismissed as abated, and it was accordingly dismissed as having abated. ¶¶8