IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL APPEAL (DB) No.1150 of 2006 ====================================================== Aklu Paswan @ Sadhu Singh @ Dadhiwalia , son of Late Singhasan Paswan, resident of Village Sugar Chhapa Pipra, P.S. Lauriya, District- West Champaran ... ... Appellant Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Respondent ====================================================== Appearance : For the Appellant : Mr. Jitendra Narain Sinha, Advocate For the Respondent : ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH KUMAR ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE) 4 13-05-2026 Perused the report dated 05.05.2026 of the Superintendent of Police, West Champaran (Bettiah) along with the report dated 03.05.2026 of the Police Inspector, Lauriya Police Station, West Champaran, which indicate that the sole appellant Aklu Paswan alias Sadhu Singh @ Dadhiwalia is dead and the death certificate of the appellant is annexed with the said report. 2. In view of the said reports 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 Patna High Court CR. APP (DB) No.1150 of 2006(4) dt.13-05-2026 2/2 disposed of. 3. Let the trial court record be sent back to the concerned court immediately, if not required in any other case. P.K.P./- (Sangam Kumar Sahoo, CJ) (Harish Kumar, J) U