Muralidhar Mohanty v. State
Case brief
What is this about?
Muralidhar Mohanty v. State of Odisha, CRLA No.553 of 2006, High Court of Orissa at Cuttack, order dated 02.09.2025 by Justice Sibo Sankar Mishra: appeal abated on death of the sole appellant (recorded as expired on 29.08.2023 per written instruction of I.I.C., Ghasipura P.S. dated 29.07.2025) with no motion by legal heirs or next friends to press the appeal. Keywords: abatement of appeal, death of appellant, criminal appeal, Orissa High Court, Ghasipura P.S.
What did the court decide?
The written instruction of the I.I.C., Ghasipura P.S. dated 29.07.2025 establishes that the sole appellant Muralidhar Mohanty expired on 29.08.2023, and the instruction was taken on record. ¶11