* 1 * FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 891 OF 2007 [MANIK KAMAL MANDAL V/S.STATE OF MAHARASHTRA] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Office Notes, Office Memoranda of : Coram, appearances, Court’s orders : or directions and Registrar’s : Court’s or Judge’s orders orders : -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mr.Ashok Toraskar,adv.for applicant. Mr.S.A.Shaikh, APP for State. CORAM : SMT. R.P. SONDURBALDOTA, J. DATED : 27TH AUGUST, 2009. PC :- 1. By the letter dated 20th January, 2009, the appellant who has filed his appeal through jail has made a request that since substantive sentence by that date was almost over, he has no desire to prosecute the appeal. On the last date, the learned APP was directed to take instructions as regards completion of sentence by the appellant. 2. Mr.Shaikh, the learned APP states that * 2 * substantive sentence has been completely undergone by the appellant and presently he is serving the sentence for non-payment of fine. The appellant has to undergo imprisonment for a period of 18 months for non-payment of fine, out of which he has already undergone 3 months. Since the appellant does not desire to prosecute the appeal, the same is hereby dismissed for want of prosecution. In view of dismissal of the appeal, second application filed for reduction of the fine amount becomes infructuous. The same is accordingly disposed off. (JUDGE)