When the matteris taken up to-dayfor hearing'Mr'K'Krishna Kalyan, learnedcounsel appea-ring on behalf of Mr' K' Venumadhav' counsel for the appellant /accused No.l, fairly submitted that the appellant hereinhas filed another Criminal Appeal' viz'' Criminal No.1234 of 2016throughthe High Court Lega-l ServicesAuthority wherein a counselhas been appointedunderLegal-Aid to contest the matter, and that thesame is pending beforethis Court' He further submittedthattheappellanthasalsoobtainedballuideorderdated 08.12.2022 in I.A.No.1of 2022 in Criminal Appeal No'1234 of 2016 passed a learned DivisionBench of this court.He thereforesubmitted in view of abovedevelopment, he does not wish to pursue the present appeal and prayedthat the present appeal may be closed as 'not pressed'.