Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:10109-DB Court No. - 9 Case :- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 1862 of 2003 Appellant :- Hari Shankar Respondent :- State of U.P. Counsel for Appellant :- M.L.Yadav Counsel for Respondent :- Govt.Advocate Hon'ble Mrs. Sangeeta Chandra,J. Hon'ble Ajai Kumar Srivastava-I,J. In compliance of the earlier orders passed by this Court, the Chief Judicial Magistrate Lakhimpur Kheri has sent a report dated 30.08.2024. We have gone through the said report sent by the C.J.M. Lakhimpur Kheri wherein it has been stated that the sole appellant- Hari Shankar had died on 08.09.2016. The statements of the Village Pradhan, the Sub Inspector of the Police Station concerned and also of close relatives of the appellant, have been enclosed to the said report. Since the sole appellant- Hari Shankar, has died during the pendency of the Appeal, the instant Appeal is liable to be dismissed as abated. Accordingly, the Appeal is dismissed as having been abated. Order Date :- 17.2.2025 Rahul Digitally signed by :- RAHUL TRIPATHI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench