IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL APPEAL (DB) No.490 of 2002 ====================================================== Pintu Jha, Son of Gulab Kant Jha, Resident of Mohalla- Durgabari, P.S.- Civil Lines, Dist.- Gaya. ... ... Appellant/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Appellant/s : Mr. Rama Kant Sharma, Adv. For the Respondent/s : Mr. Kapil Deo Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH KUMAR ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE) 3 13-05-2026 Perused the Report No. 281 dated 05.02.2026 of the Senior Superintendent of Police, Gaya Ji along with the Report dated 26.01.2026 of the S.H.O., Civil Lines Police Station, Gaya Ji as well as the Certificate of Death dated 24.01.2026 of the Ward Councilor of Ward No. 23, Gaya Municipal Corporation, Gaya Ji; wherein it is indicated that the sole appellant, namely, Pintu 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.490 of 2002(3) 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