- 1 - NC: 2025:KHC:3554-DB CRL.A No. 1616 of 2023 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 27TH DAY OF JANUARY, 2025 PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE SREENIVAS HARISH KUMAR AND THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE K. V. ARAVIND CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1616 OF 2023 Between: Sri Shafiulla, S/o Raja Sab, Aged about 51 years, Businessman, R/o Chilapura Village, Honnali Taluk, Davanagere District-577305. …Appellant (By Sri H.S.Suresh, Advocate) And: State by Honnali Police Davanagere - 577305 Represented by State Public Prosecutor, High Court Building Bengaluru – 560001. …Respondent (By Sri Vijayakumar Majage, SPP-II) This Criminal Appeal is filed u/s 374(2) Cr.P.C. praying to set aside the judgment of conviction and order dated 07.03.2023 and sentence dated 09.03.2023 passed by the I Additional District and Sessions Judge, Davanagere in S.C.No.72/2022, convicting the appellant/accused for the offence p/u/s 302 of IPC. Digitally signed by VEERENDRA KUMAR K M Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - NC: 2025:KHC:3554-DB CRL.A No. 1616 of 2023 This Criminal Appeal, coming on for orders, this day, order was made therein as under: CORAM: HON'BLE MR JUSTICE SREENIVAS HARISH KUMAR and HON'BLE MR JUSTICE K. V. ARAVIND ORAL ORDER (PER: HON'BLE MR JUSTICE SREENIVAS HARISH KUMAR) As per order dated 21.01.2025, learned SPP-II was directed to obtain information regarding death of the appellant. Today Sri Vijayakumar Majage, learned SPP-II submits that the sole appellant is dead. Therefore in view of death of the appellant, this appeal abates. Abatement is recorded. Sd/- (SREENIVAS HARISH KUMAR) JUDGE Sd/- (K. V. ARAVIND) JUDGE KMV List No.: 1 Sl No.: 8