Dismissed¶¶15
Sarat Kumar Chail Jhantu Chail Shanu v. State of Bihar
Jharkhand HCCr.A(DB)/123/1998
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Abatement of criminal appeal on death of sole appellant; no legal heirs came forward; affidavit dated 25.03.2025 by State of Bihar with death certificate Annexure-A/1; appeal dismissed as abated. Parties: Sarat Kumar Chail @ Sarat Chandra Chail @ Jhantu Chail @ Shanu (appellant, deceased 14.05.2014) v. State of Bihar. Bench: Sujit Narayan Prasad and Arun Kumar Rai, JJ., High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi, decided 06.12.2025. Counsel: Ms. Reshma Kumari and Md. H. Waris for appellant; Mrs. Nehala Sharmin, Spl.PP for respondent.
What did the court decide?
None; the criminal appeal was dismissed as abated following the appellant's death, as no legal heirs came forward to prosecute it. ¶¶15