Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:32196-DB Court No. - 9 Case :- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 992 of 2007 Appellant :- Vashishth Verma Respondent :- State of U.P. Counsel for Appellant :- Nirankar Nath Jaiswal,Ajay Vikram,Amit K Srivastava,Dhiraj Chaurasiya,Dr. V.K. Singh,Keshav Ram Chaurasia,Manish Bajpai,Manoj Kumar Gupta,R.N. Chaudhary Counsel for Respondent :- Govt.Advocate Hon'ble Mrs. Sangeeta Chandra,J. Hon'ble Shree Prakash Singh,J. We have gone through the report of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ayodhya dated 28.05.2025, wherein it has been stated that the appellant-Vashishth Verma has died during pendency of the appeal. The report of the police station concerned as well as the death certificate of the appellant, issued by the Registrar, are enclosed alongwith the said report. Since the sole appellant-Vashishth Verma has died, the instant Criminal Appeal No. 992 of 2007 stands abated and the same is hereby dismissed as abated. [Shree Prakash Singh,J.] [Sangeeta Chandra,J.] Order Date :- 28.5.2025 Mohd. Sharif Digitally signed by :- MOHAMMAD SHARIF High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench