IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.82 OF 1996 Sanjay Dagdu Mane : Appellant/ Accused V/s. The State of Maharashtra : Respondent ... None present for the appellant. Mr.D.S.Mhaispurkar, Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. ... CORAM : BILAL NAZKI & S.A.BOBDE,JJ. DATE : FEBRUARY 26, 2008. P.C. This is an appeal filed by the sole accused against his conviction. He was able to obtain bail from this Court in the year 1996. When the case came up for hearing, nobody appeared for the appellant. Therefore, a non-bailable warrant was issued against the appellant. The learned Addl. Public Prosecutor has filed a report and also a Certificate issued by the Gram Panchayat that the appellant has died on 29.11.1997. The report and the Certificate are taken on record. As such, the Criminal Appeal abates. (BILAL NAZKI, J.) (S.A. BOBDE, J.)