9-apeal-1308-2006.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1308 OF 2006 Anant Agencies …Appellant V/s. Atul Cycles and Anr. ...Respondents Mr. P. Deshpande a/w Mr. Vilas Tapkir i/b Mr. Vilas Tapkir, Advocate for the Applicant. Mr. Anil Wani, a/w Adv. Snehal Adhangale, Advocate for the Respondent No.1. Mr. P. H. Gaikwad, APP for the Respondent/State. CORAM : N.R. BORKAR, J. DATE : 17.10.2025. P.C. : 1. The appellant herein had filed the complaint case against respondent No.1/accused for the offence punishable under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. The trial Court by the judgment and order dated 27.09.2006 in Summary Trial Case No. 425 of 2004 has acquitted the respondent No.1. The appellant has thus filed this appeal. 2. The learned counsel for the respondent No.1 submits that during the pendency of the present appeal the respondent Pramod S.Lakare 1/2 9-apeal-1308-2006.doc No.1 has expired on 20.04.2025. The learned counsel for the respondent No.1 has tendered the death certificate to that effect on record. The death certificate is marked as “X” for the purpose of identification. 3. In that view of the matter, the appeal is dismissed as abated. [N.R.BORKAR, J.] Pramod S.Lakare 2/2