IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL APPEAL (DB) No.312 of 2006 ====================================================== Ram Naresh Singh, Son of Late Kapildeo Singh, Resident of Village- Trilokpur, P.S.-Uchakagaon, District-Gopalganj. ... ... Appellant/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Appellant/s : Mr.Naresh Dikshit, Adv. Mr. Utsav Anand, Adv. For the Respondent/s : Mr.AP.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH KUMAR ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE) 7 14-05-2026 Perused the Letter No. 793 dated 08.05.2026 of the Superintendent of Police, Gopalganj along with the Report dated 04.05.2026 of S.H.O., Uchakagaon P.S., Gopalganj as well as Death Certificate dated 29.12.2023 issued by the Registrar, Birth & Death Registration, NOIDA, U.P., wherein it is indicated that the sole appellant, namely, Ram Naresh Singh is dead. 2. In view of the said letters 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.312 of 2006(7) dt.14-05-2026 2/2 disposed of. 3. Let the trial court record be sent back to the concerned court immediately, if not required in any other cases. Anjani/- (Sangam Kumar Sahoo, CJ) ( Harish Kumar, J) U T