IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Appeal No.967-SB of 1997 Date of Decision: May 07, 2008. Raje Ram ......Appellant versus State of Haryana ......Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA. Present: None for the appellant. Mr.Sunil Nehra, AAG, Haryana. *** KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA, J.(Oral) On April 30, 2008, this Court passed the following order:- “Learned counsel for the appellant states that the letter was posted through registered A.D. to Raje Ram- appellant which has been received back with the report that the addressee has died and the same has returned back. Mr.Sunil Nehra, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana, submits that he will get instructions from S.P., Gurgaon, to verify the factum of death of Raje Ram son of Chandgi Ram, resident of Village Brijpura, Tehsil Pataudi, District Gurgaon(Haryana) who was named as accused in case FIR No.177 dated 11.12.1995 registered at Police Station Pataudi under Section 354 IPC and Section 3 Clause (xi) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes(Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. To await the report of S.P., Gurgaon and S.H.O., Police Criminal Appeal No.967-SB of 1997 --2-- Station, Pataudi, matter is adjourned to 07.05.2008. Copy of this order be provided to Mr.Sunil Nehra, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana, for compliance under the signatures of Reader attached with this Court”. In pursuance of the above order, on instructions from Mr. Shri Krishan, Head Constable, Police Station Pataudi, District Gurgaon (Haryana), learned State Counsel has handed over the original death certificate of the appellant-Raje Ram. He further states that he has been instructed by Mr.Shri Krishan, Head Constable, Police Station Pataudi, District Gurgaon, to say that the appellant has died. In view of the above, the present appeal abate. Therefore, the appeal is disposed off having abated. May 07, 2008 (KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA) seema JUDGE