IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL APPEAL (DB) No.721 of 2002 ====================================================== BECHO YADAV @ BECHU YADAV S/o Chhoti Yadav, R/o- Village- Mahmadpur, P.S. Simri, Bakhtiyarpur, District- Saharsa ... ... Appellant/s Versus The State Of Bihar ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Appellant/s : Mr. Pramod Mishra, Advocate For the Respondent/s : Mr.Pp. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH KUMAR ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE) 4 13-03-2026 Perused the Memo No. 233 dated 17.08.2025 of the Superintendent of Police, Saharsa along with the Memo No. 2699 of 2025 dated 12.08.2025 of the S.H.O., Balbahat, Saharsa, wherein it is indicated that during enquiry it came to light that the sole appellant, namely, Becho Yadav @ Bechu Yadav, 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 Patna High Court CR. APP (DB) No.721 of 2002(4) dt.13-03-2026 2/2 disposed of. 3. Let the trial court record be sent back. guddukr/- (Sangam Kumar Sahoo, CJ) (Harish Kumar, J) U T