Dasamajhi v. State
Case brief
What is this about?
Abatement and disposal of criminal appeal CRA No. 224 of 2001, Dasa Majhi & another v. State of Orissa, Orissa High Court, Cuttack, order dated 01.07.2025 by Justices S.K. Sahoo and Chittaranjan Dash. Both appellants confirmed dead through written police instructions: IIC Buguda Police Station letter dated 20.08.2022 (death of Appellant No.2 Purna Chandra Majhi) and IIC Jagannathprasad Police Station letter dated 26.09.2024 (death of Appellant No.1 Dasa Majhi); instructions taken on record; both appeals abated and disposed of without adjudication of merits. State represented by APP P.S. Nayak; no counsel listed for appellants.
What did the court decide?
Both the appeals abate and are disposed of, based on written instructions from the IIC, Buguda Police Station (dated 20.08.2022) confirming the death of Appellant No.2, Purna Chandra Majhi, and from the IIC, Jagannathprasad Police Station (dated 26.09.2024) confirming the death of Appellant No.1, Dasa Majhi.