Case brief
What is this about?
Oral Division Bench judgment of the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh in CRA-D-371-DB-2004(O&M), decided 01.04.2025, authored by Gurvinder Singh Gill, J. (with Jasjit Singh Bedi, J.). Learned State Counsel informed the Court at the outset that the sole appellant, Ram Kumar @ Rockey, had died on 27.09.2021 and filed a photocopy of his death certificate, which was taken on record. The Court recorded that proceedings in the appeal qua the appellant stood abated, disposed of the appeal accordingly, and disposed of pending applications, if any. None appeared for the appellant; the State of Punjab was represented by Mr. Sidharth Attri, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab. No statutory provisions or judicial precedents were cited or discussed; the order is brief and non-speaking.
What did the court decide?
On the death of the sole appellant Ram Kumar @ Rockey on 27.09.2021, proceedings in the present appeal qua the appellant stand abated.