Surinder Singh Vs State — Himachal Pradesh HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

Surinder Singh Vs State — Himachal Pradesh HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Interim directions only, no substantive adjudication: appeals against the expired respondents No. 1 to 3 in Cr. Appeal No. 217 of 2010 and against appellant No. 1 in Cr. Appeal No. 420 of 2009 stand abated; the connected appeals are delinked; and all matters are listed for hearing on 04.11.2025.

Ratio / Principle

Since respondents No. 1 to 3 in Cr. Appeal No. 217 of 2010 (Roshan Lal, Kuldeep Singh and Surinder Singh) have expired and their death certificates are on record, the appeal against them stands abated.

Key takeaways

The appeal filed on behalf of appellant No. 1 in Cr. Appeal No. 420 of 2009 stands abated.ratio¶15
Cr. Appeals No. 406 to 412 of 2009, Cr. Appeal No. 420 of 2009 and Cr. Appeal No. 30 of 2010 stand delinked from Cr. Appeal No. 217 of 2010.ratio¶29

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Interim order dated 08.10.2025 passed by Sushil Kukreja and Virender Singh, Judges, in Cr. Appeal No. 217 of 2010 (State versus Roshan Lal and others) along with connected Cr. Appeals No. 406 to 412 of 2009, 420 of 2009 and 30 of 2010. Respondents No. 1 to 3 in Cr. Appeal No. 217 of 2010, namely Roshan Lal, Kuldeep Singh and Surinder Singh, having expired with their death certificates on record, the appeal against them stands abated. The appeal of appellant No. 1 in Cr. Appeal No. 420 of 2009 also stands abated. The name of respondent No. 1 in Cr. Appeal No. 30 of 2010 had already been deleted. The connected appeals are delinked from Cr. Appeal No. 217 of 2010, and all matters are listed for hearing on 04.11.2025. Counsel appearances recorded: Manoj Chauhan, Additional Advocate General, with Ankush Thakur, Deputy Advocate General, for the State; Preetika Thakur (vice Sheetal Vyas) for the appellant in Cr. Appeal No. 406 of 2009 and the appellants in Cr. Appeal Nos. 407 and 412 of 2009; Vishwas Kaushal (vice Vivek Negi) for the appellants in Cr. Appeals No. 409 to 411 of 2009 and No. 30 of 2010 and for respondents No. 4 to 8 in Cr. Appeal No. 217 of 2010; Vinod K. Gupta for respondent No. 9 in Cr. Appeal No. 217 of 2010 and appellant No. 2 in Cr. Appeal No. 420 of 2009; Desh Raj Thakur for respondent No. 2 and Janak Raj (vice Amit Singh Chandel) for respondent No. 3 in Cr. Appeal No. 30 of 2010.

State versus Roshan Lal and others a/w Cr. Appeals No. 406 to 412 of 2009, 420 of 2009 and 30 of 2010 Cr. Appeal No. 217 of 2010

08.10.2025 Present:

Mr.Manoj Chauhan, Additional Advocate General with Mr. Ankush Thakur, Deputy Advocate General, for the appellant-State.

Respondent No.1-Roshan Lal, respondent No. 2 Kuldeep Singh and respondent No.3 Surinder Singh are stated to have expired.

Mr. Vishwas Kaushal, Advocate vice Mr. Vivek Negi, Advocate for respondents No. 4 to 8.

Mr. Vinod K. Gupta, Advocate, for respondent No.9.

Cr. Appeal No. 406 of 2009

Ms. Preetika Thakur, Advocate vice Ms.Sheetal Vyas, Advocate, for the appellant.

Mr.Manoj Chauhan, Additional Advocate General with Mr. Ankush Thakur, Deputy Advocate General, for the respodent-State.

Cr. Appeals No. 407 to 412 of 2009

Ms. Preetika Thakur, Advocate vice Ms.Sheetal Vyas, Advocate, for the appellant(s) in Cr. Appeal Nos.407 and 412 of 2009.

Mr. Vishwas Kaushal, Advocate vice Mr. Vivek Negi, Advocate, for appellant(s) in Cr. Appeals No. 409 to 411 of 2009.

Mr.Manoj Chauhan, Additional Advocate General with Mr. Ankush Thakur, Deputy Advocate General, for the respodent-State.

Cr. Appeal No. 420 of 2009

Appeal filed on behalf of appellant No.1 stands abated.

Mr. Vinod K. Gupta, Advocate,for appellant No.2.

Mr.Manoj Chauhan, Additional Advocate General with Mr. Ankush Thakur, Deputy Advocate General, for the respodent-State.

Cr. Appeal No. 30 of 2010

Mr. Vishwas Kaushal, Advocate vice Mr. Vivek Negi, Advocate, for the appellants.

Name of respondent No.1 already deleted.

Mr. Desh Raj Thakur, Advocate, for respondent No.2.

Mr.Janak Raj, Advocate vice Mr. Amit Singh Chandel, Advocate for respondent No.3.

Mr.Manoj Chauhan, Additional Advocate General with Mr. Ankush Thakur, Deputy Advocate General, for the respodent-State.

Cr. Appeal No. 217 of 2010

Respondent No.1-Roshan Lal, respondent No.2Kuldeep Singh and respondent No.3-Surinder Singh are stated to have expired and their death certificates are already on record. Therefore, the appeal against the aforesaid respondents stands abated.

At the request of learned Additioal Advocate General, list

for hearing on 04.11.2025 .

Cr. Appeals No. 406 to 412, 420 of 2009 and Cr. Appeal No. 30 of 2010.

Delinked.

List for hearing on 04.11.2025 .

( Sushil Kukreja ) Judge

(Virender Singh) Judge

08^th October, 2025

(yogesh)