IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL APPEAL (DB) No.167 of 2008 ====================================================== Saroj Thakur, son of late Shyam Bihari Thakur, resident of Village- Parmanpur, P.O.- Khandricha, Police Station- Koran Sarai, District- Buxar ... ... Appellant Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Respondent ====================================================== Appearance : For the Appellant : Mr. Ramesh Jha, 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) 4 26-05-2026 Perused the report dated 04.05.2026 of the Superintendent of Police, Buxar along with the report dated 03.05.2026 of the S.H.O., Koran Sarai Police Station, Buxar, which indicate that the sole appellant Saroj Thakur 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.167 of 2008(4) dt.26-05-2026 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. shailendra/- (Sangam Kumar Sahoo, CJ) (Harish Kumar, J) U