12-apeal-488-2000.odt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 488 OF 2000 Mahendra R. Sawant …Appellant V/s. The State of Maharashtra ...Respondent. ………….. None present for the Appellant. Mr. Yogesh Dabake, APP for the Respondent/State. ………….. CORAM : N.R. BORKAR, J. DATE : 16.09.2026. P.C. : 1. This appeal takes exception to the judgment and order dated 30.6.2000 passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Greater Mumbai in Sessions Case No. 222 of 1995. 2. In the aforesaid sessions case, the appellant was tried for the offence punishable under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short “IPC”). 3. By the impugned judgment and order, the trial Court has convicted the appellant for the offences punishable under Section 325 of the IPC and sentenced him to suffer R.I. for 4 years. However, the trial Court has acquitted him of the offence under Section 302 of the IPC. 4. The report submitted by the concerned police station dated 17.8.2026 shows that during pendency of the present appeal the appellant has expired on 17.12.2010. In that view of the matter, the Appeal is dismissed as abated. [N.R.BORKAR, J.] Dinesh S. Sherla 1/1