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Nimai Dutta v. the State of Jharkhand
Jharkhand HCCr.A(DB)/888/2014
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Jharkhand High Court, Division Bench criminal appeal (Cr. Appeal (D.B.) No. 888 of 2014) abated after appellant Nimai Dutta @ Nimai Kumar Dutta died in custody during treatment at Bokaro General Hospital (admitted 16.05.2015; died 21.08.2015); report of Superintendent, Bokaro District Jail, Chas placed on record by the State (A.P.P. Manoj Kr. Mishra); no application for substitution; criminal appeal stands abated; Bench: Ananda Sen and Gautam Kumar Choudhary, JJ.; decided 22.08.2024.
What did the court decide?
In the absence of any application for substitution following the appellant's death in custody, the criminal appeal stands abated. ¶9