APHC010115532021 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3517] THURSDAY ,THE SECOND DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SURESH REDDY THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T.C.D.SEKHAR CRIMINAL APPEAL NO: 90/2021 Between: SHAIK UMAR, S/O.BIKARI, AGED ABOUT 48 YEARS, R/O.PEDDAPAVANI VILLAGE, LINGASAMUDRAM MANDAL, WORKER, SURESH CHICKEN NOODLES STALL, PEDDAPAVANI VILLAGE, PRAKASAM DISTRICT. (NOW IN CENTRAL PRISON SPSR NELLORE DISTRICT VIDE CT NO.6653) ...APELLANT AND THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, Rep by its Public prosecutor High Court of Andhra Pradesh Nelapadu at Amaravathi. ...RESPODENT Counsel for the Appellant: 1. AMMAJI NETTEM 2. LEGAL AID Counsel for the Respondent: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) The Court made the following JUDGMENT :- (Per the Hon’ble Sri Justice K.Suresh Reddy) This Criminal Appeal is filed by the appellant/Accused, under Section 374(2) of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, against the judgment of conviction and sentence, dated 17.11.2020, passed in S.C.No.196 of 2017 by the learned Principal District & Sessions Judge, Prakasam at Ongole. 2. By order dated 23.03.2021 this Court granted bail to the appellant/accused. 3. Today when the matter is taken up for hearing, a letter addressed by the learned Principal District and Sessions, Prakasam at Ongole to the Registrar (Judicial), High Court of A.P. indicating that the Sub Inspector of Police, Gudlur Police Station, SPSR Nellore District, filed a memo dated 16.12.2024 stating that the sole appellant died on 19.11.2024 and attested copy of the death certificate of the appellant is also annexed to the said memo. 4. In view of the death of the sole appellant, the criminal appeal is liable to be dismissed as “abated”. 5. Accordingly, the Criminal Appeal is hereby dismissed as “abated”. Consequently, miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending shall stand closed. JUSTICE K.SURESH REDDY _____________________ JUSTICE T.C.D.SEKHAR Dt. 02.01.2025 SAB / TSNR 20 THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K.SURESH REDDY AND THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T.C.D.SEKHAR Criminal Appeal No.90 of 2021 (per Hon’ble Sri Justice K.Suresh Reddy)