Bharat v. Republic of India
Case brief
What is this about?
Criminal Appeal CRA No.160 of 2000, High Court of Orissa at Cuttack, single-judge bench of S.S. Mishra, order dated 05.08.2025: appeal by Bharat Bhusan Satpathy against Republic of India (CBI) stood ABATED upon production of CBI instruction dated 07.07.2025 reporting the appellant's death; no merits decided, no statute or precedent cited.
What did the court decide?
None; the appeal was declared abated on account of the appellant's death, with the written instruction taken on record. ¶15