De Singh v. State of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur; CRA No. 371 of 2005; decided 02.04.2026 by Justice Narendra Kumar Vyas (single judge); criminal appeal disposed of as infructuous; conviction under Section 304 (Part II) IPC and Section 451 IPC by Additional Sessions Judge, Sakti in Sessions Trial No. 22/2005 (judgment dated 13.04.2005); appellant No. 1 De Singh completed 3-year sentence and was released (Jail Superintendent, Bilaspur report); appellant No. 2 Awadh Ram Satnami died 15.07.2023, appeal abated per Court order dated 10-03-2025; CIMS Bilaspur report - no nephrology treatment required; no substantive adjudication on merits.
What did the court decide?
The instant Criminal Appeal is disposed of as having become infructuous, because appellant No. 1 has already been released from jail after completion of the jail sentence awarded by the learned trial Court.