IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Case No. : Crl. Appeal No.736-SB of 2005 Date of Decision : December 12, 2007. Simarpal Singh .... Petitioner Vs. State of Punjab .... Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE L. N. MITTAL * * * Present : Mr.Rajinder Goyal, Advocate for the appellant. Mr.Jaspreet Singh, AAG, Punjab for the respondent. * * * L.N.MITTAL, J. (Oral) : Learned counsel for the appellant states that the appellant Simarpal Singh has since died and no relative/legal heir of the deceased- appellant wants to prosecute the appeal further and the appeal has, therefore abated. Death Certificate of appellant, filed today in Court by learned counsel for the appellant, is taken on record. In view of the aforesaid and in view of death of the appellant, the instant appeal is disposed of as having abated. December 12, 2007 ( L.N.MITTAL ) monika JUDGE