In Brief
This brief judgment addresses the abatement of a criminal appeal following the death of the sole respondent. The Supreme Court noted a report from the High Court with a death certificate establishing that the respondent in Criminal Appeal No. 1497/2013 had died. The Court held that the appeal must be abated and dismissed as having abated upon the death of the sole respondent.
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