HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH AND THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE V.SURI APPA RAO CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 652 OF 2009 Tuesday, the Twenty Fifth day of January, Two Thousand and Eleven Between Dammela Bhumakka w/o Shankariah Appellant AND The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court, Hyderabad. Respondent THE COURT MADE THE FOLLOWING: JUDGMENT:(per the Hon’ble Sri Justice V.Eswaraiah) The sole accused who is the appellant herein and who was serving the sentence of life imprisonment imposed on 12.5.2006 in SC No. 178 of 2005 by the II Additional Sessions Judge (Fast Track Court), Adilabad, for the offence under Sec. 302 IPC apart from payment of fine of Rs.2000/- in default to suffer simple imprisonment for one month, had expired on 10.5.2010 while undergoing treatment at Osmania General Hospital, Hyderabad, as per the information furnished by the II Additional District Judge, Adilabad, vide Lr. Dis. No. 9/2011 dated 4.1.2011 addressed to the Registry. Consequently, the Criminal Appeal abates and is accordingly dismissed as abated. ___________________ Justice V.Eswaraiah ________________________ Justice V.Suri Appa Rao January 25, 2011 MAS