IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK CRLA No.190 of 2004 Prakash Behera …. Appellant(s) Mr. Radharaman Das Nayak, Advocate -versus- State of Odisha …. Respondent(s) Mr. Sobhan Panigrahi, ASC CORAM: JUSTICE SIBO SANKAR MISHRA Order No. ORDER 19.03.2026 21. 1. Learned counsel for the State has produced the death certificate, which indicates that the sole appellant-Prakash Behera has expired on 21.10.2023. The death certificate is taken on record. 2. Therefore, in absence of any motion on behalf of the legal heirs or the next friends of the deceased- appellant to press the appeal, the appeal stands abated. (S.S. Mishra) Judge Swarna