IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Case No. : Crl. Appeal No. 1922-SB of 2006 Date of Decision : September 16, 2011 Surjit Singh .... Appellant Vs. State of Punjab .... Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE L. N. MITTAL * * * Present : Mr. Namit Gautam, Advocate as Amicus Curiae for the appellant. Ms. Gagan Mohini, AAG, Punjab. * * * L. N. MITTAL, J. (Oral) : Convict Surjit Singh has filed this criminal appeal through jail assailing his conviction and sentence. While admitting the appeal, Mr. Namit Gautam, Advocate was appointed as Amicus Curiae. He is present to assist the Court. Custody Certificate of the appellant, filed today in Court by learned State counsel, is taken on record. Perusal of the Custody Certificate reveals that the appellant died on 15.10.2007, while undergoing the sentence. Nobody has come forward to seek leave of the Court to continue the appeal. Accordingly, the appeal is disposed of as having abated. September 16, 2011 ( L. N. MITTAL ) monika JUDGE