Munna Upadhayay @ Umashankar Upadhayay v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court; CRIMINAL APPEAL (SJ) No.874 of 2022; decided 16-12-2025; Justice Smt. G. Anupama Chakravarthy (single judge); Munna Upadhayay @ Umashankar Upadhayay v. The State of Bihar; Section 306 IPC; conviction and sentence by Additional Sessions Judge-III, Gaya; S.Tr. No. 393 of 2015/34 of 2019; Civil Lines P.S. Case No. 305/2014, District Gaya; R.I. 05 years; fine Rs. 5,000/-; appellant served entire sentence and released from jail; appeal dismissed as infructuous; consigned to records; merits not considered; no cases cited.
What did the court decide?
Since the appellant had already served the full sentence imposed on him, the appeal challenging the trial court's order no longer served a practical purpose and had become infructuous; accordingly, the present appeal was dismissed as having become infructuous and consigned to records, without examination of the merits of the conviction or sentence.