IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL APPEAL (DB) No.171 of 2010 ====================================================== Chandeshwar Prasad @ Chandu Sao S/O Late Kailashwar Sao R/O Dedaur, P.S.- Bakhtiyarpur, Distt.- Patna ... ... Appellant/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Appellant/s : Mr. Uday Prakash, 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) 7 13-05-2026 Perused the Report No. 2032 dated 06.05.2026 of the Senior Superintendent of Police, Patna along with the Report dated 03.05.2026 of the Inspector of Police-cum-S.H.O., Bhaktiyarpur Police Station, Patna as well as the Certificate of Death dated 04.05.2026 of the Ward Member of Gram Panchayat- Raj Champapur, Block- Bhaktiyarpur, Patna; wherein it is indicated that the sole appellant, namely, Chandeshwar Prasad @ Chandu Sao, 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 Patna High Court CR. APP (DB) No.171 of 2010(7) dt.13-05-2026 2/2 disposed of. 3. Let the trial court record be sent back to the concerned court immediately, if not required in any other cases. shivank/- (Sangam Kumar Sahoo, CJ) (Harish Kumar, J) U T