1981 INSC 0008
                                                State of Maharashtra

                                                           Vs

                                      Eknath Yeshwant Pagar and Another

                                        Criminal Appeal No. 288 of 1975

                                     (Syed M. Fazal Ali, A. Veradarajan JJ)

                                                      07.01.1981

                                                        ORDER

FAZAL ALI, J. -

It is stated by the counsel for the respondents that respondent 1 is dead. According to the
prosecution, respondent 1 is the main accused and the second respondent was merely an abettor.
Both were acquitted by the High court. Hence this appeal to this Court. Since the appeal abates
against the first respondent on account of his death and the second respondent has already been
acquitted, appeal against the second respondent becomes infructuous. The appeal is accordingly
disposed of.

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