R/CR.RA/540/2009 ORDER DATED: 18/03/2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION NO. 540 of 2009 ========================================================== ALIASGER TAHIR MALA,C/O.CAN IN FOOD PRODUCTS,SHED NO.C- 1/105 & ANR. Versus STATE OF GUJARAT & ANR. ========================================================== Appearance: MR TEJAS M BAROT(2964) for the Applicant(s) No. 1,2 MR ROHAN RAVAL, APP for the Respondent(s) No. 1 RULE SERVED for the Respondent(s) No. 2 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HASMUKH D. SUTHAR Date : 18/03/2026 ORAL ORDER 1. When the matter is called out for hearing, the learned APP has produced a report dated 22.12.2025 prepared by Pardi Police Station, Valsad. 2. The report is taken on record. 3. It appears that proceedings were initiated against the accused, namely: (i) Aliasger Tahir Mala – applicant No.1 herein; (ii) Ismail Ibrahim Khokhawala; and (iii) M/s. Can-In Food Products, a partnership firm – respondent No.2 herein. Upon conviction in Criminal Appeal No.1014 of 1993, being aggrieved and dissatisfied, the accused persons preferred an appeal before the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Valsad, being Criminal Appeal No.171 of 2002. 4. During the pendency of the appeal, accused No.2 – Ismail R/CR.RA/540/2009 ORDER DATED: 18/03/2026 Ibrahim Khokhawala expired, and accordingly, the appeal against him stood abated. Thereafter, during the pendency of the present Criminal Revision Application, Aliasger Tahir Mala, i.e., applicant No.1 (original accused No.1), also expired. The said factum of death has been verified through the report of Pardi Police Station, Valsad. 5. Since both the partners have expired, nothing further survives for adjudication, as the partnership firm itself stands dissolved. 6. In view of the above, the present Revision Application stands disposed of as abated. (HASMUKH D. SUTHAR,J) ALI Original copy of this order has been signed by the Hon'ble Judge. Digitally signed by: ISTAYAK ALI(HC01093), PRIVATE SECRETARY, at High Court of Gujarat on 18/03/2026 15:09:13