Allahabad High Court
SOBARAN SINGH AND OTHERversusSTATE
- Decided
- Bench
- NAND PRABHA SHUKLA
Holding
The death of an appellant causes the appeal to be abated.
Summary
The appellants Sobaran Singh and others filed a criminal appeal against the State. No counsel appeared for the appellants, while the State was represented by the learned A.G.A. The court noted that appellant No.2, Ajab Singh, had died on 5 July 2022 as per an office report dated 17 March 2026. Consequently, the appeal against Ajab Singh was held to be abated. The court dismissed the entire appeal as abated.
Issues considered
- Whether the death of an appellant results in the abatement of a criminal appeal
Subjects
- criminal appeal
- abated appeal
- death of party
- procedural law
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 1402 of 1987
Sobaran Singh And Other
.....Appellant(s)
Versus
State
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Appellant(s) : , Rakesh Kumar Rathore, Sanjeev Kumar
Counsel for Respondent(s) :
Court No. - 76
HON'BLE NAND PRABHA SHUKLA, J.
1. No one has appeared for the appellants. Learned A.G.A. for the State is
present.
2. As per the office report dated 17.03.2026, appellant No. 2 Ajab Singh has
died on 05.07.2022, therefore, the appeal against the appellant No. 2 Ajab
Singh stands abated.
3. The instant appeal is, accordingly, dismissed as abated.
March 18, 2026
Shivani
(Nand Prabha Shukla,J.)
Digitally signed by :-
SHIVANI SRIVASTAVA
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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