Cr. Appeal No. 430 of 1996 27.4.2010 Present: Mr. R.K.Bawa, Advocate General with Mr. Vivek Singh Thakur, Addl. Advocate General for the appellant. On 23rd March, 2010, we had directed that bailable warrants be issued to procure the presence of the accused. Bailable warrants have been returned back unexecuted with the report that the sole respondent Gian Chand had expired on 9.9.1999. Copy of the death certificate issued by the Registrar of Births and Deaths Gram Panchayat Talkehar, Development Block Chauntra, District Mandi, has been annexed with the report. Therefore, the appeal is dismissed as having been abated. (Deepak Gupta) Judge. 27th April, 2010 ( Rajiv Sharma) ™ Judge.