Crl.A(MD)No.726 of 2024 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 04.02.2026 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE G.K.ILANTHIRAIYAN AND THE HONOURABLE MS.JUSTICE R. POORNIMA Crl.A(MD)No.726 of 2024 Sakthivel ....... Petitioner Vs. State rep. by The Inspector of Police Thadicombu Police Station, Dindigul District. In Crime No.102 of 2013. ...... Respondent Prayer : Criminal Appeal filed under Section 415(2) of BNSS against the Judgment of Conviction and sentence passed in S.C.No.276 of 2018 against the appellant/accused by the learned Additional District and Sessions Judge, Dindigul, dated 19.07.2024. For Appellant : Mr.T.Antony Arulraj For Respondent : Mr.R.Meenakshi Sundaram Additional Public Prosecutor ____________ p. 2 Crl.A(MD)No.726 of 2024 O R D E R [Order of the Court was made by G.K.ILANTHIRAIYAN, J.] When the matter was taken up for hearing today, the learned counsel for the sole appellant submitted that the sole appellant was reported to be dead. In view of the above, all the charges against him are abated. Accordingly, this criminal appeal is dismissed as abated. [G.K.I., J.] & [R.P., J.] 04.02.2026 NCC : Yes / No Index : Yes / No TM Copy to 1.The Additional District and Sessions Judge, Dindigul 2.The Inspector of Police Thadicombu Police Station, Dindigul District. 3. The Additional Public Prosecutor Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai. 4.The Section Officer, Criminal Records, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai. ____________ p. 3 Crl.A(MD)No.726 of 2024 G.K.ILANTHIRAIYAN , J. AND R.POORNIMA, J . TM Crl.A(MD)No.726 of 2024 04.02.2026 ____________