IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.K.MOHANAN WEDNESDAY, THE 28TH SEPTEMBER 2011 / 6TH ASWINA 1933 CRL.A.No. 1753 of 2003 ------------------------------- (SC.455/2001 of ADDL. SESSIONS COURT, FAST TRACK COURT-II, PALAKKAD) .................... APPELLANT/ACCUSED: ----------------- VASU, S/O.VELLA, POKKANAMKUNNU HOUSE, MANKURUSSI, PALAKKAD DISTRICT. BY ADV. SRI.K.M.KURIAN SRI.P.VIJAYAKUMAR RESPONDENTS(S)/COMPLAINANT:: ------------------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. 2. THE EXCISE INSPECTOR, PARALI RANGE, PALAKKAD DISTRICT. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SHRI.K.S.SHIV KUMAR. THIS CRIMINAL APPEAL HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 28/09/2011, THE COURT ON 28/09/2011 DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: V.K.MOHANAN, J. ---------------------------------------- Crl.A.No. 1753 of 2003 ---------------------------------------- Dated this the 28th day of September, 2011 J U D G M E N T Counsel for the appellant submitted that the appellant is no more as he committed suicide on 15.6.2005. In support of the above submission, the learned counsel made available to me a photostat copy of the death certificate dated 28.10.2005 issued by the Secretary and Registrar of Births and Deaths, Mankara Grama Panchayath. Recording the above submission, this Criminal Appeal is dismissed as abated in view of Section 394(1) of the Criminal Procedure Code. V.K.MOHANAN, Judge MBS/ CRL.A.NO. :-2-: V.K.MOHANAN, J. CRL.A.No. OF 20 CRL.A.NO. :-3-: JUDGMENT Dated:2. ..2011