IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD FRIDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND ELEVEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.510 OF 2006 Between : Vincent Harry Alexander and others. … APPELLANTS A N D State of A.P. rep.by P.P. …RESPONDENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.510 OF 2006 JUDGMENT: The appellants 1 to 3 / A.1 to A.3 were convicted under Section 395 I.P.C. by the lower Court by judgment, dated 30.03.2005 and were sentenced to Rigorous Imprisonment of five years and fine of Rs.10/- each. After filing of this appeal by the Legal Aid Counsel, this Court refused to suspend execution of sentence passed against the appellants and dismissed Crl.A.M.P.No.577 of 2006 on 17.04.2006. Even during pendency of trial in the lower Court, the appellants were not on bail. A.1 to A.3 were apprehended by the police on 17.01.2004. Since that date they continued to be in jail. By now the sentence of imprisonment passed by the lower Court had worked itself out and the appellants might have been released from prison by now in this case. So, I am of the opinion that this appeal has become functionless. No useful purpose will be served in deciding the appeal on merits. 2. Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed as infructuous. In case, the appellants 1 to 3 /A.1 to A.3 are still under prison, they shall be set at liberty forthwith, in case they are not required in any other case. __________________________ SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU, J NOVEMBER 18, 2011 YVL THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE SAMUDRALA GOVINDARAJULU CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.510 OF 2006 18.11.2011 YVL