IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD CRIMINAL APPEAL No 658 of 1999 For Approval and Signature: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE J.R.VORA ============================================================ 1. Whether Reporters of Local Papers may be allowed : YES to see the judgements? 2. To be referred to the Reporter or not? : NO 3. Whether Their Lordships wish to see the fair copy : NO of the judgement? 4. Whether this case involves a substantial question : NO of law as to the interpretation of the Constitution of India, 1950 of any Order made thereunder? 5. Whether it is to be circulated to the concerned : NO Magistrate/Magistrates,Judge/Judges,Tribunal/Tribunals? -------------------------------------------------------------- NITINSINH @ NARENDRASINH Versus STATE OF GUJARAT -------------------------------------------------------------- Appearance: 1. Criminal Appeal No. 658 of 1999 MR ZUBIN F BHARDA for Appellant No. MR HL JANI Ld. APP for Respondent No. 1 -------------------------------------------------------------- CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE J.R.VORA Date of decision: 01/10/2004 ORAL JUDGEMENT 1. Heard the ld. advocate Mr. Zubin F Bharda for the appellant and Mr. HL Jani ld. APP for the respondent-State. 2. This matter was fixed by the office on running final hearing Board of this Court on 27.9.2004. Ld. APP was requested to obtain jail remarks of the appellant in view of short sentence. 3. The present appellant has preferred this appeal against the judgment and order dated 28.6.99 delivered by the ld. Addl. Sessions Judge, Surat in Sessions Case No. 116/98. 4. Today, ld. APP places on record a communication addressed to him by the Sub Jailor, Baroda Central Jail stating that the present appellant - Nitinsinh Narendrasinh Pratapsinh Dodia, after serving the sentence as awarded by the ld. trial judge, has been released from the jail on 30.10.99. The said communication is taken on record. 5. Since the appellant - Nitinsinh @ Narendrasinh Pratapsinh Dodia, has already been served with the punishment awarded by the ld. trial judge and has been released after the completion of sentence, way back on 30.10.99, now this appeal has become infructuous and is required to be disposed of. 6. In the result, this appeal stands disposed of as having become infructuous. (J.R. VORA, J.) mandora/