Dhondiraj Shivbasappa Hale v. State of Mah
Case brief
What is this about?
Dhondiraj Shivbasappa Hale v. State of Maharashtra, Criminal Appeal No. 29 of 2005, Bombay High Court Aurangabad Bench, 2025:BHC-AUG:24995, decided 15 September 2025 by Abhay J. Mantri, J. Keywords: abatement of appeal on death of appellant; legal representatives/legal heirs not brought on record; Criminal Application No. 135 of 2023; failure to carry out amendment; dismissal for want of prosecution; non-prosecution; none appeared for appellant; A.P.P. R.K. Ingole for respondent-State. Outcome: appeal abated and disposed of; no statutory provisions or precedents cited; no quantum involved.
What did the court decide?
Since the legal representatives of the deceased appellant failed, despite repeated opportunities and directions, to take steps to bring their names on record, the appeal is abated and disposed of. ¶17