IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL APPEAL (DB) No.925 of 2008 ====================================================== Nand Kishore Yadav, son of Late Jeetan Yadav, resident of Village- Pahri, P.S.- Fatehpur, Post- Bahsa Pipra, District- Gaya ... ... Appellant Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Respondent ====================================================== Appearance : For the Appellant : Mr. Sumant Singh, Advocate For the Respondent : Smt. Shashi Bala Verma, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH KUMAR ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE) 5 26-05-2026 Perused the report dated 14.05.2026 of the Senior Superintendent of Police, Gaya along with the report dated 13.05.2026 of the Police Inspector-cum-S.H.O., Fatehpur Police Station, Gayaji, which indicate that the sole appellant Nand Kishore Yadav 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.925 of 2008(5) dt.26-05-2026 2/2 concerned court immediately, if not required in any other case. shailendra/- (Sangam Kumar Sahoo, CJ) (Harish Kumar, J) U