Allahabad High Court
HARNAM SINGH AND ORS.versusSTATE
- Decided
- Bench
- VANI RANJAN AGRAWAL
Holding
The appeal is dismissed as abated due to the death of the appellants.
Summary
The appellants, Harnam Singh and Kunwar Singh, filed a criminal appeal before the Allahabad High Court. During the pendency of the appeal, both appellants passed away—Kunwar Singh on 2 February 2022 and Harnam Singh on 6 December 2025. The court received an official report confirming their deaths. The legal question was whether the appeal could continue after the death of the parties. The court held that the appeal could not proceed and therefore dismissed it as abated, consigning the matter to the record.
Issues considered
- Can a criminal appeal be maintained when the appellant has died?
Subjects
- appeal abatement
- death of appellant
- criminal procedure
- high court
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 2359 of 1988
Harnam Singh And Ors.
.....Appellant(s)
Versus
State
.....Respondent(s)
Counsel for Appellant(s) : G.P. Dixit, Raghuraj Singh, Satendra
Singh
Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.G.A.
Court No. - 93
HON'BLE MRS. VANI RANJAN AGRAWAL, J.
1. Learned counsel for the appellants and learned A.G.A. for the State are
present.
2. It is informed by learned counsel for the appellants that both the
appellants have died.
3. As per the office report dated 11.05.2026 a report of CJM, Auraiya dated
04.05.2026 has been received stating therein that the appellant No.1 Harnam
Singh has died on 06.12.2025 and appellant No.2- Kunwar Singh has died
on 02.02.2022.
4. In view of the above, the appeal is dismissed as abated and consigned to
record.
May 12, 2026
P. Pandey
(Mrs. Vani Ranjan Agrawal,J.)
Digitally signed by :-
PUSHPENDRA PANDEY
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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