IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL APPEAL (DB) No.907 of 2009 ====================================================== Chinta singh S/O Harinandan Singh R/O Panchama, P.S.- Piro, Distt.- Bhojpur ... ... Appellant/s Versus The State Of Bihar ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Appellant/s : Mr. Surendra Kr. Singh, Adv. For the Respondent/s : Mr. A. K. Sinha, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH KUMAR ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE) 3 13-05-2026 Perused the Report No. 1252 dated 11.05.2026 of the Superintendent of Police, Bhojpur at Ara along with the Report dated 09.05.2026 of the S.H.O., Hasan Bazar Police Station, Bhojpur as well as the Certificate of Death dated 10.05.2026 of the Mukhiya of Gram Panchayat- Narayanpur, Block- Piro, Dist.- Bhojpur; wherein it is indicated that the sole appellant, namely, Chinta Singh, is dead. 2. In view of the said letter 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. Patna High Court CR. APP (DB) No.907 of 2009(3) dt.13-05-2026 2/2 3. Let the trial court record be sent back to the concerned court immediately, if not required in any other cases. shivank/- (Sangam Kumar Sahoo, CJ) (Harish Kumar, J) U T