IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE M.N.KRISHNAN THURSDAY, THE 23RD JULY 2009 / 1ST SRAVANA 1931 CRL.A.No. 2047 of 2006() ----------------------------------- C.C. 31/2002 OF THE ENQUIRY COMMISSIONER & SPL. COURT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. .... APPELLANT(S): ACCUSED: ---------------------- RAJAPPAN ASARI, FORMERLY DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE, ALAPPUZHA RESIDING AT THOPPIL THEKKETHIL VEEDU, PERINGALA, KAYAMKULAM. BY MR.KRB.KAIMAL, SENIOR ADVOCATE RESPONDENT(S): COMPLAINANT; --------------------------- STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, HIGH COURT OF KERALA, ERNAKULAM. BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR MR.C.M.NAZAR THIS CRIMINAL APPEAL HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 23/07/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: M.N. KRISHNAN, J. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Crl. Appeal NO. 2047 OF 2006 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Dated this the 23rd day of July, 2009. J U D G M E N T This appeal is preferred against the conviction and sentence passed by the Enquiry Commissioner and Special Judge, Thiruvananthapuram in C.C.31/02. The accused was found guilty and sentenced to undergo imprisonment for one year u/s 13(2) and 13(1)(c) of the P.C.Act, 1988 and u/s 409 IPC. The sentence were ordered to run concurrently. Now a death certificate is produced to the effect that the accused in the case died on 16.12.2008. As the appellant is dead as per S.394 Cr.P.C. the appeal abates. Therefore the Crl.Appeal is disposed as abated. M.N. KRISHNAN, JUDGE. ul/-