Page No.# 1/2 GAHC010009842014 undefined THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : Crl.A./173/2014 ANIL KR. PHUKAN S/O LATE BIPIN PHUKAN, R/O CINNAMARA NEAR CINNAMARA RAIL GATE, P.O. CINNAMARA, P.S. JORHAT, DIST. JORHAT, ASSAM. VERSUS STATE OF ASSAM and ANR. 2:SACHIN DUTTA S/O SRI BIREN DUTTA R/O RAIDANG KAMAR GAON KARANGA P.O. KARANGA DIST. JORHAT ASSAM PIN 785008 AN EMPLOYEE OF TOCKLAI TEA RESEARCH ASSOCIATION TOCKLAI EXPERIMENTAL STATION CINNAMARA JORHAT ASSAM PIN 78500 Advocate for the Petitioner : MR.P P DUTTA, MR.T J MAHANTA,MR.B BORA Advocate for the Respondent : PP, ASSAM, MR. K R BORA(R-2),, BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE N. UNNI KRISHNAN NAIR Page No.# 2/2 ORDER Date : 14-11-2025 Heard Mr. P.P. Dutta, learned counsel for the appellant. Also heard Mr. K.R. Bora, learned counsel for the respondent No. 2. The present appeal has been instituted assailing the judgment dated 25-02-2014 passed by the learned Addl. Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jorhat in C.R. Case No. 23/2011 acquitting the respondent, herein, from the offence punishable under Section 138 of the NI Act, 1881. The appeal has been instituted assailing the order of acquittal of the respondent, herein, by the learned Trial Court. Mr. K.R. Bora, learned counsel representing respondent No. 2, i.e. the accused in C.R. Case No. 23/2011, has submitted that the respondent No. 2 has passed on, on 29- 10-2025. Accordingly, the present appeal stands abated against the respondent No. 2 and accordingly, the same would have to be closed. In view of the above, the present appeal stands closed on being abated. JUDGE Comparing Assistant