(2026:JHHC:7275) 1 Cr Appeal (SJ) No.847 of 2023 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI Cr. Appeal (SJ) No. 847 of 2023 1. Sanjit Kumar @ Sanjit Jaiswal @ Sanjeet Kumar, aged about 47 years 2. Sudhir Kumar @ Sudhir, aged about 44 years 3. Pramod Kumar @ Pramod Kumar Jaiswal @ Pramod Jaiswal Appellants 1 to 3 s/o late Satya Narayan Prasad 4. Kamal Prasad Jaisawal @ Kamal Kumar Jaiswal, aged about 62 years, s/o late Deo Nandan Sahu 5. Chirag Kumar Jaiswal @ Chirag Jaiswal, aged about 33 years, s/o Adit Kumar Jaiswal 6. Adit Kumar Jaiswal @ Adit Prasad @ Aditay Prasad, aged about 60 years, s/o late Goberdhan Sahu All appellants 1 to 6 r/o Village-Sonar Mohalla, P.O. & P.S.- Pithoria, Dist.-Ranchi .... Appellants Versus 1. The State of Jharkhand 2. Tima Oraon, s/o late Mangra Oraon, r/o Village-Nawatoli, Badhu, P.O. & P.S.-Pithoria, Dist.-Ranchi …. Respondents P R E S E N T HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR CHOUDHARY ….. For the Appellants : Mr. Birendra Burman, Advocate For the State : Mr. Sardhu Mahto, Addl. P.P. ….. By the Court:- 1. Heard the parties. 2. This criminal appeal has been filed under Section 14A of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 with the prayer to quash the cognizance order dated 11.12.2020 passed by the learned A.J.C.-VII-cum-Spl. Judge, (2026:JHHC:7275) 2 Cr Appeal (SJ) No.847 of 2023 SC/ST, Ranchi in connection with SC/ST (Complaint) Case No. 08 of 2019. 3. Perusal of the record reveals that this criminal appeal has been filed against a dead person being the respondent no.2-Teema Oraon who died on 02.01.2023 as per the death certificate that has been furnished in the counter affidavit. 4. Teema Oraon was dead before filing of this criminal appeal. Since, this criminal appeal is filed against a dead person, the same is not maintainable. 5. Accordingly, the criminal appeal which has been filed against the order dated 11.12.2020 passed by the learned A.J.C.-VII-cum- Spl. Judge, SC/ST, Ranchi in connection with SC/ST (Complaint) Case No. 08 of 2019 by which cognizance has been taken by the learned Special Judge is dismissed being not maintainable. 6. The interim relief granted earlier vide order dated 17.07.2025 is vacated. 7. Registry is directed to intimate the court concerned forthwith. (Anil Kumar Choudhary, J.) High Court of Jharkhand, Ranchi Dated the 17th March, 2026 AFR/Gunjan/- Uploaded on 18/03/2026