IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL APPEAL (DB) No.52 of 2000 ====================================================== Umakant Jha, Son of Late Dhanukdhari Jha, Resident of Village- Bach, P.S.- Bangra, Dist.- Samastipur ... ... Appellant/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Appellant/s : Mr. Ram Briksh Singh Pahepuri, Adv. For the Respondent/s : Mr. Satya Narayan Prasad, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH KUMAR ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE) 8 12-05-2026 Perused the Report No. 835 dated 09.05.2026 of the Superintendent of Police, Samastipur along with the Report dated 09.05.2026 of the S.H.O., Bangra Police Station, Samastipur as well as the Certificate of Death dated 09.05.2026 of the Mukhiya of Gram Panchayat- Raj Muradpur Bangra, Block-Tajpur, Samastipur; wherein it is indicated that the sole appellant, namely, Umakant Jha, 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.52 of 2000(8) dt.12-05-2026 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