Hon’ble Jitendra Kumar Sinha,J.
1. This criminal appeal has been preferred assailing the judgement and order dated 09.12.1983 passed by Special Additional Sessions Judge, Bulandshahar in Sessions Trial No. 580 of 1980 convicting appellants Ram Dutt and Ratan Lal under Section 302 IPC read with section 34 IPC to undergo imprisonment for life, appellant Rajinder and Mahavir under section 302/34 IPC and are sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life. Appellant Rajinder is further convicted under section 324 IPC and is sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for two years. All the sentences to run concurrently.
2. Out of the four appellants, the appeal in respect of appellant no. 1-Ratan Lal, appellant no. 2-Mahabir and appellant no. 4-Ram Dutt has already been abated and the appeal is surviving only in respect of appellant no. 3-Rajinder s/o Sri Gopi Chand Sharma. As per latest office report dated 25.3.2025 based on the report of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bulandshahar dated 27.2.2025, appellant no. 3-Rajinder left his village about 30 years ago after selling all his movable and immovable property and his whereabouts is not known.