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State of Hp v. Balbir Singh
Criminal Appeal – Abatement – Death of respondents during pendency
Himachal Pradesh HCCR.A/209/2014
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
State of H.P. v. Balbir Singh and another, Cr. Appeal No.209 of 2014, decided 08.09.2025 by Division Bench (Vivek Singh Thakur and Sushil Kukreja, JJ.), High Court of Himachal Pradesh, Shimla: criminal appeal disposed of solely on account of abatement following the deaths of both respondents during pendency (respondent No.2's abatement order dated 10.12.2024; respondent No.1's death on 27.03.2023 per SSP Pathankot); no merits adjudicated; relevant to procedure of abatement of appeals on death of parties.
What did the court decide?
Appeal abated against both respondents and disposed of as such; no adjudication on merits. ¶18