Mohamed Rafiq Mohamed Aziz Ansari v. the State of Maharashtra
Case brief
What is this about?
In Criminal Appeal No. 647 of 1997, the Bombay High Court addressed the status of an appeal after the appellant, Mohamed Rafiq Ansari, expired. The court held that the appeal abated and was consigned to the record as the appellant had died during its pendency.
What did the court decide?
The appeal stands abated and is consigned to the record due to the death of the sole appellant.