Sanglane v. The State Of M.P.

NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR Criminal Appeal No.1559 of 2000 Sanglen, S/o Thangpas, aged about 38 years, Occupation Security Guard, Police Station Bishrampur, District Surguja, M.P. (now Chhattisgarh) ---- Appellant versus The State of M.P. (now Chhattisgarh) through Police Station Bishrampur, District Surguja --- Respondent For Appellant : None For Respondent/State : Shri Neeraj Sharma, Dy. Govt. Advocate Hon'ble Shri Justice Arvind Singh Chandel Order on Board 17.5.2018 1.

No one appears on behalf of the Appellant.

2.

Perused the report dated 7.12.2017 received from the Jail Superintendent, Central Jail, Ambikapur, District Surguja in which it is reported that the Appellant/accused has already undergone his entire sentence imposed upon him and has already been released from the central jail on 2.12.2000.

3.

From the order-sheets, it reveals that this appeal was filed on 19.6.2000. On 23.6.2000, the appeal was admitted for hearing and record of the Trial Court was ordered to be called for. Record of the Trial Court was received on 16.12.2016. Thereafter, the instant appeal was listed for final hearing.

4.

From perusal of the record of the Trial Court, it reveals that an appeal, being Criminal Appeal No.1432 of 2000 was preferred by the present Appellant before the High Court of Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur challenging the judgment dated 15.4.2000 passed by the Special Judge (under the NDPS Act), Surguja in Special Criminal

Case No.148 of 1999. Criminal Appeal No.1432 of 2000 has already been decided by the High Court of Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur by judgment dated 25.9.2000 and as per the said judgment, the sentence of rigorous imprisonment of two years has been reduced to one year. Thereafter, as per the jail report dated 7.12.2017, the Appellant/accused has been released from the Central Jail, Surguja on 2.12.2000 after undergoing the entire jail sentence imposed upon him.

5.

Since against the impugned judgment dated 15.4.2000, an appeal (Criminal Appeal No.1432 of 2000) has already been decided by the High Court of Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur vide judgment dated 25.9.2000, the present appeal, challenging the same judgment dated 15.4.2000, does not require to be decided by this Court and accordingly, no further order needs to be passed by this Court in the present appeal.

Sd/- (Arvind Singh Chandel) Judge Gopal