IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL APPEAL (DB) No.237 of 1998 ====================================================== Lalita Devi, Wife of Sri Kedar Rai, R/o of Village- Mahua Mukund, P.S. Mahua, District- Vaishali ... ... Appellant/s Versus The State Of Bihar ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Appellant/s : Mr. Niraj Kumar, Advocate For the Respondent/s : Mr. Satyanaryan Pd., APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH KUMAR ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE) 7 05-05-2026 Perused the Letter No. 529 dated 22.04.2026 of the Superintendent of Police, Vaishali along with the report dated 20.04.2026 of the Police Inspector-cum-S.H.O., Mahua P.S., Vaishali, wherein it is indicated that during enquiry it came to light that the sole appellant, namely, Lalita Devi, is dead and the death certificate of the appellant is annexed with the said report. 2. In view of the said report 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. 3. Let the trial court record be sent back to the Patna High Court CR. APP (DB) No.237 of 1998(7) dt.05-05-2026 2/2 concerned court immediately, if not required in any other cases. guddukr/- (Sangam Kumar Sahoo, CJ) ( Harish Kumar, J) U T