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Pala Singh v. State of Punjab
Punjab & Haryana HCCRA-S/2069/2007
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Punjab and Haryana High Court, single-judge bench (Justice Harpreet Singh Brar), oral order dated 07.04.2025 in CRA-S-2069-SB-2007 (O&M): criminal appeal against NDPS Act Section 15 conviction (Special Court, Barnala, 22.09.2007; RI 3 years, fine Rs. 3,000/-) abated due to death of appellant Pala Singh on 12.03.2010; Death Certificate placed on file and retained; no merits decided; useful precedent only on abatement of appellate proceedings upon death of the appellant, not on NDPS substantive law.
What did the court decide?
No relief adjudicated on merits; the proceedings in the appeal were recorded as abated owing to the death of the appellant, and the Death Certificate was ordered retained on the case file. ¶13-14