Ashok Kumar v. State Of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
CRA No. 929 of 2015, High Court of Chhattisgarh, Bilaspur, decided 19.07.2024 (bench: Sanjay K. Agrawal & Sanjay Kumar Jaiswal). Abatement of criminal appeal on death of sole appellant Ashok Kumar (died 26.08.2021, per P.S. Pathariya report dated 18.07.2024). Underlying conviction: Sections 302 and 394 IPC, R.I. for life, fine Rs.1000/-, by Additional Sessions Judge Mungeli, S.T. No. H-19/2014, order dated 30.06.2015. Disposition: appeal disposed of as abated.
What did the court decide?
As the sole appellant died on 26.08.2021 (verified by the report of Police Station Pathariya, Mungeli dated 18.07.2024), the criminal appeal stands disposed of as having become abated. ¶¶22