Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:19890-DB Court No. - 43 Case :- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 2546 of 2005 Appellant :- Rantej Kumar Respondent :- State of U.P. Counsel for Appellant :- Amit Misra,Viresh Misra Counsel for Respondent :- Govt. Advocate Hon'ble Vivek Kumar Birla,J. Hon'ble Dr. Yogendra Kumar Srivastava,J. 1. List revised. No one is present for the appellant to press this appeal. 2. The present appeal has been preferred against the judgment and order dated 03.06.2005, passed by the District and Sessions Judge, Muzaffarnagar in S.T. No. 228 of 2002 [State Vs. Rantej Kumar and Another], whereby the appellant has been convicted and sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life for offences under Sections 302/34 I.P.C. along with a fine of Rs.5,000/- and in default of payment of fine to further undergo imprisonment for six months. 3. Perused the office report dated 11.04.2022, based on the report dated 17.01.2022 sent by the CJM, Muzaffarnagar, according to which the sole appellant, Rantej Kumar died on 15.11.2017. In support of the aforesaid report, the statement of Gram Pradhan, elder sister of the appellant, namely, Rajeshwati w/o Ompal Singh, resident of Manglapur Mandi, Police Station Shahpur and also that of one relative of the appellant, namely, Rajkumari w/o Rajkumar, resident of Lachcheda, Police Station Mansoorpur, have also been annexed along with the report of the C.J.M. 4. In view of the above, the present appeal stands abated. Order Date :- 11.2.2025 Arun K. Singh Digitally signed by :- ARUN KUMAR SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad