Shiba v. State
Case brief
What is this about?
Criminal appeal CRA No. 87 of 1998 (cited in body as C.R.A. No.87 of 1998), High Court of Orissa at Cuttack. Appellant: Shiba Jena (counsel P.K. Sahoo, Advocate); Respondent: State of Orissa (counsel Shashanka Patra, ASC). Judge: Chittaranjan Dash. Order dated 04.01.2024. Outcome: appeal abated owing to death of the sole appellant, verified by IIC, Dhamnagar Police Station report dated 10.09.2023 and Death Certificate dated 20.06.2002; CRA disposed of without adjudication on merits. No statutes or case citations in the order.
What did the court decide?
The death of the sole appellant Shiba Jena was accepted on the basis of the IIC, Dhamnagar Police Station report dated 10.09.2023 and the Death Certificate dated 20.06.2002 (attested by the IIC on 10.09.2023), whose copies were taken on record. ¶15