35-apeal-568-16.odt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.568 OF 2016 Chandrakant R. Chalke …Appellant V/s. 1. Prakash B. More 2. State of Maharashtra ...Respondents. ………….. Mr. Dharmesh S. Joshi i/b T.D. Joshi and Associates for the Appellant. Mr. P.H. Gaikwad, APP for the Respondent/State. ………….. CORAM : N.R. BORKAR, J. DATE : 20.08.2026. P.C. : 1. Mentioned out of turn. 2. This appeal takes exception to the judgment and order dated 28th August 2015 passed by the learned Sessions Court, Mumbai in Criminal Revision Application No.954 of 2013. 2. By the impugned judgment and order, the learned Sessions Court has set aside the order of conviction passed by the learned Metropolitan Magistrate, Girgaum, Mumbai dated 5th August 2013 in C.C. No.7/SS/2006 and acquitted respondent No.1 herein for the offence punishable under Section Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. Dinesh S. Sherla 1/2 DINESH SADANAND SHERLA Digitally signed by DINESH SADANAND SHERLA Date: 2026.08.20 17:45:48 +0530 35-apeal-568-16.odt 3. Learned counsel for the appellant submits that during pendency of the present appeal, respondent No.1 has expired on 19th July 2024. Learned counsel for the appellant has tendered the Death Certificate to that effect. Same is taken on record and marked as “X” for the purpose of identification. 4. In that view of the matter, the present Appeal/Application stands dismissed as abated. [N.R.BORKAR, J.] Dinesh S. Sherla 2/2