IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL APPEAL (DB) No.591 of 2001 ====================================================== Premchand Tiwary, Son of Mogendra Tiwary, Resident of Village- Ghorpakari, P.S. Maina Tand (Inarwa), District- West Champaran ... ... Appellant/s Versus The State Of Bihar ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Appellant/s : Mr.Binay Kant Mani Tripathi For the Respondent/s : Mr. Dilip Kumar Sinha, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH KUMAR ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE) 6 05-05-2026 Perused the Letter No. 482 dated 26.04.2026 of the Superintendent of Police, West Champaran (Bettiah), wherein it is indicated that during enquiry it came to light that the sole appellant, namely, Premchand Tiwari, is dead. 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. Patna High Court CR. APP (DB) No.591 of 2001(6) dt.05-05-2026 2/2 3. Let the trial court record be sent back to the concerned court immediately, if not required in any other cases. guddukr/- (Sangam Kumar Sahoo, CJ) ( Harish Kumar, J) U