Harisankar Patra v. State
Case brief
What is this about?
Order dated 12.08.2024 by Justice Sibo Sankar Mishra, High Court of Orissa at Cuttack, in Harisankar Patra v. State of Odisha (Vigilance Department), CRLA No.13 of 2007: appeal abated upon death of the sole appellant on 04.12.2009, as reported by learned ASC for Vigilance on instructions from SP (Vigilance), Sambalpur pursuant to the Court's direction dated 26.06.2024. Keywords: abatement, death of appellant, criminal appeal, vigilance case.
What did the court decide?
Appeal abated on account of the death of the sole appellant; no merits adjudicated. ¶14