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Krishan Lal v. State of Punjab

Punjab & Haryana HC17 Feb 2026CRR/1694/2008

Case brief

AI extract

What is this about?

Abatement of a criminal revision petition (CRR) upon the death of the petitioner: the substantive sentence awarded by the Trial Court and upheld by the Appellate Court stood abated; legal representatives undertook to deposit the Trial Court-imposed fine if not already deposited; petition disposed of without further orders. Keywords: abatement, death of petitioner, substantive sentence, fine, legal representatives, Power of Attorney, death certificate, Krishan Lal, State of Punjab, Punjab and Haryana High Court, Chandigarh, 17.02.2026, oral order.

What did the court decide?

Petition disposed of as abated in respect of the substantive sentence; legal representatives of the deceased petitioner stated at the Bar that they are ready to deposit the fine imposed by the Learned Trial Court, if not already deposited by the deceased petitioner.

Krishan Lal Vs State of Punjab — Punjab & Haryana HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

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(101) CRR-1694-2008 Decided on: 17.02.2026

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Krishan L a l &&Petitioner

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Versus State of P u njab & another ..&Respondents

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CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAMESH CHANDER DIMRI

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Present:Mr.Akash, Advocate, for the p etitioner.

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Mr.Raghav Garg, AAG, Punj a b.

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Mr.Amandeep Singh, Advoca t e, for respondent No.2.

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RAMESH CHANDER DIMRI, J. (Oral) :

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Shri Akash, Advocate has fil e d Power of Attorney on behal f of Shri D. S .Matya, Advocate for the petiti o ner and death certificate of th e petitioner K rishan Lal which are taken on r ecord. 2. Shri Raghav Garg, AAG, Pun j ab has filed photocopy of some documents on record including photoco p y of death certificate of th e petitioner K rishan Lal.

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In view thereof, so far as sub s tantive sentence awarded by th e Learned T rial Court and upheld by th e Learned Appellate Court is concerned, the present petition stands a b ated. In respect of the fin e imposed b y the Learned Trial Court, Shri A kash makes a statement at Ba r that he h as instructions to state b e fore this Court that lega l representa t ive(s) of the deceased-petitio n er Krishan Lal are ready to deposit t h e imposed fine, if the same ha d not already been deposited b y the deceas e d-petitioner Krishan Lal.