IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL APPEAL (DB) No.611 of 1998 ====================================================== NAWAL SHAHI ... ... Appellant/s Versus STATE OF BIHAR ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Appellant/s : Mr.Kaushal Kumar Jha, Adv. For the Respondent/s : Mr.Satya Narayan Prasad, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR SINGH and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SOURENDRA PANDEY ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR SINGH ) 5 16-03-2026 Instant Criminal Appeal, arising out of judgment and order dated 31.10.1998 passed by learned 3rd Additional Sessions Judge, Muzaffarpur in S.T. No.220/1996 is listed for hearing. 2. Learned counsel for the appellant as well as learned APP for the State are present. 3. Perusal of record shows that vide letter dated 05.02.2026 of Assistant Registrar, Criminal Appeal Section of this Court, a living status report of accused appellant was called for. In response thereto, Senior Superintendent of Police, Muzaffarpur submitted a report dated 08.02.2026 based on the information furnished by S.H.O., Minapur P.S. apprising this Court that the sole appellant namely, Nawal Shahi has died in Patna High Court CR. APP (DB) No.611 of 1998(5) dt.16-03-2026 2/2 the year, 2022, during pendency of this Criminal Appeal. 4. In view of the above, the instant Criminal Appeal filed by appellant Nawal Shahi stands abated. 5. Consigned to record. pallavi/- (Sanjay Kumar Singh , J) ( Sourendra Pandey, J) U T