IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL APPEAL (DB) No.99 of 2003 ====================================================== Rajendra Choudhary, S/o Nageshwar Choudhary, R/o Village-Ahirauli, P.S. Kateya, District-Gopalganj. ... ... Appellant/s Versus The State of Bihar. ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Appellant/s : Mr. Rabindra Kumar Priyadarshi, Adv. For the Respondent/s : Mr. Sanjay Kumar Pandey, 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. 636 dated 30.04.2026 of the Superintendent of Police, Gopalganj along with the Report dated 29.04.2026 of S.H.O. Kateya P.S., Gopalganj, wherein it is indicated that the sole appellant, namely, Rajendra Choudhary, 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.99 of 2003(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. rohit/- (Sangam Kumar Sahoo, CJ) ( Harish Kumar, J) U T