Appeal under Section 378(4) Cr.P.C. against acquittal, filed along with a Section 5 Limitation Act application to condone 74 days' delay. The court noted that the appellant's counsel had died more than three years earlier with no alternate arrangement made, and that despite an order of 20.02.2016 directing personal notice to the accused with proof of service, nothing had been filed after nine years. The limitation petition was dismissed for non-service of notice on the respondent-accused, and the criminal appeal was consequently dismissed; the Registry was directed to number the appeal following Sgam Dondiga v State of Andhra Pradesh.