1 6-APEAL 487-2000.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.487 OF 2000 Shantaram Vithal Zore … Appellant Vs. The State of Maharashtra … Respondent ----- Mr. Deepak Kushwaha for the Appellant. Mr. P. H. Gaikwad, APP for the Respondent-State. ----- CORAM : N.R. BORKAR, J. DATE : 30TH SEPTEMBER 2026 P.C. : 1. This Appeal takes exception to the judgment and order dated 4th July 2000 passed by the Additional Sessions Judge in Sessions Case No.838 of 1986. 2. In the aforesaid Sessions Case, the Appellant was tried for the offence punishable under Section 307 of the Indian Penal Code. By the impugned judgment and order, the Learned Additional Sessions Judge has convicted the Appellant for the offence punishable under Section 326 of the Indian Penal Code and sentenced him to suffer rigorous imprisonment for three and half years. 3. The report submitted by the concerned police station dated 11th September 2026 shows that during pendency of the present Appeal, the Appellant has expired on 8th May 2020. Mugdha 1 of 2 MUGDHA MANOJ PARANJAPE Digitally signed by MUGDHA MANOJ PARANJAPE Date: 2026.09.30 18:01:35 +0530 2 6-APEAL 487-2000.doc 4. In that view of the matter, the Criminal Appeal is dismissed as abated. (N.R. BORKAR, J.) Mugdha 2 of 2