IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL APPEAL (DB) No.739 of 2008 ====================================================== Nawal Kishore Mahato @ Nawal Kishore Prasad, son of late Sikandar Mahato, resident of Village- Narayanpur, Police Station- Piparahi, District- Sheohar (Bihar) ... ... Appellant Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Respondent ====================================================== Appearance : For the Appellant : Mr. Basant Kumar Tripathy, Advocate For the Respondent : Mr.G.P.Jaiswal, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH KUMAR ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE) 9 13-05-2026 Perused the report dated 11.05.2026 of the Superintendent of Police, Sheohar along with the report dated 10.05.2026 of the Up-Mukhiya, Gram Panchayat Raj, Kuama, Sheohar, which indicate that the sole appellant Nawal Kishore Mahato alias Nawal Kishore Prasad is dead. 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.739 of 2008(9) 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