IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL APPEAL (DB) No.46 of 2012 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-43 Year-2007 Thana- AANDAR District- Siwan ====================================================== ISHWAR NATH PANDEY S/O Late Daroga Pandey Resident Of Village Hata Dhanuati, P.S. M.H. Nagar, District Siwan. ... ... Appellant/s Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Appellant/s : Mr. Sameer Ranjan, Advocate For the Respondent/s : Mr. S.B.Verma, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH KUMAR ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE) 3 01-05-2026 Perused the Letter No. 179 dated 10.02.2026 of the Superintendent of Police, Siwan along with the Report of the Probationer Sub-Inspector of Police, M.H. Nagar Police Station, Siwan, wherein it is indicated that during enquiry it came to light that the sole appellant, namely, Ishwar Nath Pandey, 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.46 of 2012(3) dt.01-05-2026 2/2 3. Let the trial court record be sent back to the concerned court immediately, if not required in any other cases. Neha/- (Sangam Kumar Sahoo, CJ) (Harish Kumar, J) U