Pramod Dhruv v. State of Chhattisgarh
Abatement of criminal appeal – death of sole appellant during pendency
Case brief
What is this about?
CRA No. 904 of 2025, Pramod Dhruv v. State of Chhattisgarh, High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur, decided 06-01-2026 by Ravindra Kumar Agrawal, J. Pursuant to order dated 11-07-2025, the State filed a jail report with death certificate showing the sole appellant died on 03-05-2025; no near relative applied to prosecute the appeal. Court held the appeal abated and disposed of it as abated. Administrative/abatement order only — no ruling on merits, no statutes or cases cited. Counsel: none for appellant; Karan Kumar Baharani, Panel Lawyer, for State.
What did the court decide?
Since the sole appellant Pramod Dhruv died on 03-05-2025 and no application for prosecuting the appeal by his near relative has been filed till date, the present appeal filed by the sole appellant stands abated. ¶15