RANCHI, India, June 4 -- Jharkhand High Court issued the following order on April 4:
1. The present appeal is directed against the Judgment of conviction dated 30.11.2018 and order of sentence dated 01.12.2018, passed by the learned Principal Sessions Judge, Pakur, in Sessions Trial No.45 of 2017, arising out of Littipara P.S. Case No.22 of 2015 (G.R. No.338 of 2015), whereby the appellant has been convicted for the offence under Section 370(2) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and has been sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for eight years with fine of Rs.1,00,000/- (One lakh) and in default of fine, further undergo rigorous imprisonment for three years.
2. It has been informed by the learned counsel for the appellant that the appellant is no more.
3. Learned counsel for the State has also verified and filed an affidavit stating that the appellant has died on 26.10.2021.
4. Nobody has turned up on behalf of the appellant to pursue the present appeal.
5. In that view of the matter, the present criminal appeal is, hereby, dismissed as infructuous.
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