Bhag Singh and Anr. v. State of Punjab
Case brief
What is this about?
Bhag Singh and Anr. v. State of Punjab, CRR-2025-2010, High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh, decided 06.05.2025 by Jasjit Singh Bedi, J. (oral order). Criminal revision petition abated upon the death of both petitioners (Bhag Singh died 09.10.2015; Netar Singh died 19.04.2015); death certificates taken on record; petition disposed of as abated without adjudicating any merits. Present: None for the petitioners; State represented by Harkanwar Jeet Singh, AAG, Punjab. Relevant only to the practice point of abatement of a revision petition on the death of petitioners.
What did the court decide?
Learned State counsel informed the Court that both petitioners, Bhag Singh and Netar Singh, had died on 09.10.2015 and 19.04.2015 respectively; the death certificates were filed and taken on record, whereupon the revision petition was held to stand abated and was disposed of as such.