IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL APPEAL (DB) No.646 of 2007 ====================================================== Arvind Kumar Awasthi, son of Sri Awadh Bihari Awasthi, resident of Village- Arak, P.S. Krishna Braham in the district of Buxar ... ... Appellant Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Respondent ====================================================== Appearance : For the Appellant : Mr. Akhileshwar Prasad Singh, Advocate For the Respondent : Mr. A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH KUMAR ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE) 7 13-05-2026 Perused the report dated 11.05.2026 of the Superintendent of Police, Buxar along with the report dated 10.05.2026 of the S.H.O., Krishna Braham Police Station, Buxar, which indicate that the sole appellant Arvind Kumar Awasthi 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 disposed of. 3. Let the trial court record be sent back to the Patna High Court CR. APP (DB) No.646 of 2007(7) dt.13-05-2026 2/2 concerned court immediately, if not required in any other case. P.K.P./- (Sangam Kumar Sahoo, CJ) (Harish Kumar, J) U