g; HIGH COURT OF CHHARTTISGARH AT BILASPUR Criminal Appeal No. 1262 of 2000 Appellant Nanram @ Panme§hwar, s/o. late Sukhnandan Nai, aged about 18 years, r/o. village Kanwalgiri, PS. Lakhanpur, Dist. Surguja, CG. Versus State of Chhattisgarh through Police Station Lakhanpur, CG. Respondent ‘ r Criminal appeal u/S. 374 (2) of the Criminal Procedure Code V ‘(SB: Hon’ble Mr. Ranganath Chandrakar, J. l v. Present: Shri N.K. Chatterjee, counsel forvthe appellant. p Shri A.V. Shridhar, Panel Lawyer for the State. ¢ JUDGMENT (Delivered on this lg} September, 2009) This appeal has been preferred by the appellant against the judgment of conviction and order of sentence dated 19-4—2000 passed by 2nd Additional Sessions Judge Amblkapur Dist Surguia In Sessrons Trial No 14 of 1999 hereby the accused/appellant has been convrcted under Section 376 (2) (H) of ’_ the lndian Penal Code and sentenced to undergo R.l. for ten years and to pay fine of Rs.200/-, in default of payment of fine to undergo one year further Rl. (2) At the outset, learned counsel appearing for the appellant submits that after serving the sentence more than, eight years, the appellant has already been released from jail on 19—6-2006 after he was given special remission by the Government, therefore, he does not want to press this appeal on merit. 3) On perusal of the record, it is clear that a report regarding present status __ of the appellant was sought from the concerned jail authorities by this court vide order dated 26-8-2009. In compliance‘of the aforesaid order, The Superintendent, Central ‘Jail, Bilaspur has sent a report stating that the Q} u accused/appeHant has already been released from jail on 19—6-2006 by giving him the benefit of special remission, which is also verified by the State counsel. 4) ln view of the above submission made by the learned counsel for the appellant, the appeal is accordingly disposed of without going into the merits of the case. l i sal- l KNLhandrakar 7 l Raju l l