IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL APPEAL (DB) No.410 of 2005 ====================================================== Guddu Kumar @ Bibhakar @ Bibhakar, S/O- Dip Narayan Thakur, R/O- Village- Kusi Harpur Horil, P.S. - Kanti, District- Muzzafarpur. ... ... Appellant/s Versus The State Of Bihar ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Appellant/s : Mr. Sunil Kumar Pandey, Advocate For the Respondent/s : Mr., APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE NAWNEET KUMAR PANDEY ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE) 6 27-02-2026 Perused the Letter No. 358 dated 14.02.2026 of the Senior Superintendent of Police, Muzzafarpur along with the Memo No. 343 dated 13.02.2026 of the Police Sub-Inspector Kanti, Muzzafarpur wherein it is indicated that during enquiry it came to light that the sole appellant, namely, Guddu Kumar @ Bibhakar @ Bibhakar, is dead and a photocopy of the death certificate of the appellant has been 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 Patna High Court CR. APP (DB) No.410 of 2005(6) dt.27-02-2026 2/2 continue the appeal, the Criminal Appeal stands abated and disposed of. guddukr/- (Sangam Kumar Sahoo, CJ) (Nawneet Kumar Pandey, J) U T