CRLA/829/2017 of KOTA HAJI VALI @ HAJI BASHA, ANANTAPURAMU., Vs THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, REP PP.,

APHC010463192017 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3517] (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SURESH REDDY THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T.C.D.SEKHAR CRIMINAL APPEAL NO: 829/2017 Between: KOTA HAJI VALI @ HAJI BASHA, S/O.JABBAR R/O.D.NO.1/997 STALIN NAGAR, ANANTHAPURAMU. ...APELLANT AND THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH REP PP, through Inspector of Police, Ananthapuramu Rural, P.S., rep. by its Public Prosecutor, High Court at Hyderabad. ...RESPODENT Counsel for the Appellant: 1. SHAIK MEERAVALI 2. legal aid w/d Counsel for the Respondent: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) 2 Crl.A.No.829 of 2017 The Court made the following JUDGMENT :- (Per the Hon’ble Sri Justice K.Suresh Reddy) Questioning the conviction and sentence passed by the learned III Additional Sessions Judge, (FTC) Ananthapuramu, dated 01.02.2017 in S.C.No.455 of 2015, the sole accused filed the present Criminal Appeal under Section 374(2) of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. 2. On 12.02.2025 when the appeal was listed for hearing, learned counsel for the appellant stated that the whereabouts of the appellant were not kno