Sunil Chelani v. Amit Josh
Case brief
What is this about?
Death of main accused during pendency of appeal; appeal dismissed as not pressed; postmortem report dated 09.11.2024 verifying death of Respondent No. 1 Amit Josh produced by State counsel; appellant declined to press appeal against other accused; Chhattisgarh High Court, Bilaspur; ACQA No. 107 of 2020; decided 07.01.2026 by Rajani Dubey, J. (author) with Radhakishan Agrawal, J.; parties: Sunil Chelani (appellant) v. Amit Josh, D. Ajay Kumar, Sunil Ramteke @ Raja and State of Chhattisgarh (respondents); no statutes or precedents cited.
What did the court decide?
The death of the main accused/Respondent No. 1 (Amit Josh) during the pendency of the appeal was duly verified from the postmortem report dated 09.11.2024 of the deceased produced by the counsel for the State. ¶22