Ganesh Kashyap v. State of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
High Court of Chhattisgarh, Bilaspur; CRMP No. 142 of 2021 (Ganesh Kashyap v. State of Chhattisgarh & Anr.) and CRMP No. 556 of 2021 (Pankaj Choudhary v. State of Chhattisgarh & Anr.); order dated 14/02/2025; coram: Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice (author) with Ravindra Kumar Agrawal, Judge. Petitions under Section 482 CrPC for quashing of FIRs — Crime No. 891 of 2021 (P.S. Ambikapur, Surguja) and FIR dated 19.07.2020, Crime No. 394 of 2020, offences under Sections 294, 506 r/w Section 34 IPC. Dismissed as infructuous on death of Ganesh Kashyap (petitioner in one petition, complainant/respondent No. 2 in the other); trial Court had closed the case. No adjudication on merits; no precedent discussed. Advocates: Nishi Kant Sinha; Seema Verma (for Jitendra Shrivastava); Shaleen Singh Baghel, Dy. G.A.
What did the court decide?
In view of the death of Ganesh Kashyap (sole petitioner in CRMP No. 142 of 2021 and complainant/respondent No. 2 in CRMP No. 556 of 2021) and the matter having already been closed by the trial Court, both CRMP No. 142 of 2021 and CRMP No. 556 of 2021 stand dismissed as having become infructuous.