IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL APPEAL (DB) No.302 of 2002 ====================================================== Sadhu Sharan Lal, Son of Late Indradeo Lal, Resident of Village- South Bankatti, P.O.- Mahuan, P.S.- Baikunthpur, Dist.- Gopalganj. ... ... Appellant/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Appellant/s : Mr. Dineshwar Mishra, Adv. For the Respondent/s : Mr. Mahesh Narayan Parbat, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH KUMAR ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE) 7 13-05-2026 Perused the Report No. 813 dated 08.05.2026 of the Superintendent of Police, Gopalganj along with the Report dated 06.05.2026 of the S.H.O., Baikunthpur Police Station, Gopalganj as well as the Certificate of Death dated 05.05.2026 of the Mukhiya of Gram Panchayat- Raj Khaira Ajam, Block- Baikunthpur, Gopalganj; wherein it is indicated that the sole appellant, namely, Sadhu Sharan Lal, 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.302 of 2002(7) dt.13-05-2026 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