Case brief
What is this about?
Order dated 09.10.2025 of the Delhi High Court (Division Bench: Subramonium Prasad and Vimal Kumar Yadav, JJ.) in CRL.A. 666/2013, State vs. Ram Charan. On being informed that the respondent had died on 18.01.2016, the Court held that the appeal stood abated and disposed it of accordingly; the APP was permitted to file a document verifying the death within one week. No statutory provisions or precedents were discussed; no merits were adjudicated.
What did the court decide?
The criminal appeal stands abated on account of the death of the respondent and is disposed of accordingly; the Court also directed that the document verifying the factum of the respondent's death be filed within one week. ¶11