IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL APPEAL (DB) No.1127 of 2012 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-56 Year-2007 Thana- MALI District- Aurangabad ====================================================== Santu Singh @ Ajit Kumar Singh S/O Sri Akhileshwar Prasad Singh R/O Village - Mirzapur, P.S. Mali, District - Aurangabad, Bihar ... ... Appellant/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Appellant/s : Mr. Sarvesh Kumar Singh, Adv. For the Respondent/s : Mr. A. Sharma, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH KUMAR ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE) 7 03-04-2026 Perused the Letter No. 405 dated 10.02.2026 of the Deputy Superintendent of Police (Headquarter-01), Aurangabad along with the Report dated 09.02.2026 of S.H.O, Mali Police Station as well as the Report dated 09.02.2026 of the Mukhiya of Gram Panchayat-Ankorha Navinagar, Aurangabad; wherein it is indicated that during enquiry it came to light that the sole appellant, namely, Santu Singh @ Ajit Kumar 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 Patna High Court CR. APP (DB) No.1127 of 2012(7) dt.03-04-2026 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