IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI

Cr. Appeal (SJ) No.210 of 2012

Sukhdeo Marandi

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Appellant

Versus

The State of Jharkhand

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Respondent

CORAM:

HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVNEET KUMAR

For the Appellant

:

None

For the State

:

Mr. Ravi Prakash, APP

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5/11.01.2023

No one appears on behalf of the appellant.

Learned APP Mr. Ravi Prakash is present on behalf of the state.

Pursuant to the previous order, a report was called for from the

Secretary, District Legal Services Authority, Giridih and the said report of

the Secretary, District Legal Services Authority, Giridih is kept at flag A.

From perusal of the report, it is found that the sole appellant Sukhdeo

Marandi had died 5 years ago as per the report submitted by the officer in-

charge of Bengabad police station and the Para Legal Volunteer on the basis

of the information given by Smt. Fulmani Murmu (appellant’s wife) and the

local Mukihiya Smt. Anita Kumari. The letter of PLV deputed at Legal

Services Centre in the block office of Bengabad in the district of Giridih is

also enclosed with the report in addition to the report of the officer in-

charge of Bengabad police station and also the death certificate given by the

Mukhiya Smt. Anita Kumari of panchayat Golgo, parkhand - Bengabad

district Giridih.

In view of the aforesaid report, the learned APP appearing on behalf

of the State submitted that since the appellant has died 5 years ago as per

the report received from the Secretary, District Legal Services Authority,

Giridih based on the report of Mukhiya and officer in-charge and the Para

Legal Volunteer and no close relative has come forward to continue with

this appeal, let this appeal be abated as per the provisions of law.

Having taken into consideration the aforesaid submission and the

report, it is found that the sole appellant Sukhdeo Marandi has died 5 years

ago and no close relative / near relative has come forward to continue with

this appeal and therefore by virtue of operation of law, this appeal gets

abated.

Accordingly this appeal is disposed of as abated.

(Navneet Kumar, J.)

R.Kumar