NAND KISHORE @ NANDA vs STATE

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 21st February, 2025 W.P.(CRL) 2622/2019, CRL.M.A. 35989/2019, CRL.M.A. 35990/2019, CRL.M.A. 12823/2021, & CRL. M.A. NO.16939/2024 NAND KISHORE @ NANDA S/o SH. TOLA RAM R/o: M-21, A-4, H. No. F-52, Street Dilshad Garden, Delhi- 110095 Presently confined in: Open Jail, Tihar Prison Complex, New Delhi . ....Petitioner Through: Mr. Sarthak Maggon, Advocate. versus THE STATE (N.C.T. OF DELHI) ....Respondent Through: Mr. Sanjeev Bhandari, ASC (Crl) with Mr. Arjit Sharma and Mr. Nikunj Bindal, Advocates with Insp.Om Prakash, P.S.Vivek Vihar. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA J U D G M E N T (oral) 1. The Writ Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India read with Section 482 Cr.P.C. for issuing Orders to the Respondent for pre- mature release of Petitioner, Sh. Nand Kishore @ Nanda, on the sentence already undergone on account of his exemplary conduct was filed; however, during the pendency of the Petition, the Petitioner has died on 11.05.2024, a 2. While it is not denied that the present Petition on account of demise of the Petitioner has become infructuous, but Crl. M.A. No.16939/2024 under Section 482 C