IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL APPEAL (DB) No.227 of 1997 ====================================================== Dhanai Ram, Son of Halkhori Ram @ Ram Bilash Ram, Resident of Village- Ojhoul, P.S.- Bhadurpur, Dist.- Darbhanga. ... ... Appellant/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Appellant/s : Mr. Ashok Kr.Choudhary, Adv. For the Respondent/s : Mr. Bipin Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH KUMAR ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE) 6 13-05-2026 Perused the Report No. 671 dated 10.05.2026 of the Senior Superintendent of Police, Darbhanga along with the Report dated 05.05.2026 of the S.H.O., Bahadurpur Police Station, Darbhanga as well as the Certificate of Death dated 05.05.2026 of the Up-Pramukh of Block- Bahadurpur, Dist.- Darbhanga; wherein it is indicated that the sole appellant, namely, Dhanai Ram, is dead. 2. In view of the said letter as also Section 394 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, which corresponds to Section 435 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, since no near relative has filed any application for leave to continue the appeal, the Criminal Appeal stands abated and disposed of. Patna High Court CR. APP (DB) No.227 of 1997(6) dt.13-05-2026 2/2 3. Let the trial court record be sent back to the concerned court immediately, if not required in any other cases. shivank/- (Sangam Kumar Sahoo, CJ) (Harish Kumar, J) U T