Court No. - 46 Case :- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 2718 of 1998 Appellant :- Furkan Respondent :- State of U.P. Counsel for Appellant :- Virendra Singh Counsel for Respondent :- Govt. Advocate Hon'ble Rajiv Gupta,J. Hon'ble Harvir Singh,J. 1. Heard learned AGA for the State and perused the record. 2. Chief Judicial Magistrate, Saharanpur vide his letter dated 26.11.2024 has informed this Court that the sole appellant-Furkan has already passed away on 22.08.2007. 3. In verification of his death, statement of Javed Ahmad has been recorded. Death certificate duly issued by Government of Uttar Pradesh has been annexed. Police Report by S.I. Satish Kumar, Police Station Mirjapur, District Saharanpur has also been annexed. 4. In view of the above, since the sole appellant has already passed away, this criminal appeal is dismissed as having been abated. Order Date :- 5.8.2025 Kumar Manish Digitally signed by :- MANISH TRIPATHI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad