Arjun Lal Shrivastava v. State Of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
Chhattisgarh High Court, Bilaspur; CRA No. 1068 of 2017; decided 19/08/2025 by Bibhu Datta Guru, J.; appellant Arjun Lal Shrivastava (retired Co-operative Inspector, Rajnandgaon) vs State of Chhattisgarh (ACB, Raipur); appeal against conviction and sentence dated 24.06.2017 by Special Judge (Prevention of Corruption Act), Rajnandgaon, in Special Criminal Case No. 01/2013, for offences under Section 13(1)(d) r/w 13(2) Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and Section 120-B IPC; sentence R.I. 2 years and fine Rs. 2,000/-; appellant died 18.08.2019 pending appeal; death certificate produced by State counsel and taken on record; appeal dismissed as abated; abatement of criminal appeal on death of accused/appellant; advocates: Malay Shrivastava and Kajal Chandra for appellant, Shailendra Sharma (Panel Lawyer) for State.
What did the court decide?
In view of the death of the appellant on 18.08.2019 during the pendency of the appeal, the appeal does not survive and is dismissed as abated.