IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL APPEAL (DB) No.365 of 2012 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-7 Year-2007 Thana- ADHAOURA District- Kaimur (Bhabua) ====================================================== Sanjeet Sah @ Sanjit Sah S/O Rajeshwar Sah Resident Of Village- Dahar, Police Station- Adhaura, District- Kaimur At Bhabua. ... ... Appellant/s Versus The State Of Bihar ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Appellant/s : Mr. Girish Chandra Sharma, Adv. For the Respondent/s : Mr. S. Azeem, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH KUMAR ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE) 4 03-04-2026 Perused the Letter No. 175 dated 10.02.2026 of the Superintendent of Police, Kaimur (Bhabhua) along with the Report dated 06.02.2026 of S.H.O, Adhaura Police Station as well as the Death Certificate issued by the Department of Planning and Development, Government of Bihar; wherein it is indicated that during enquiry it came to light that the sole appellant, namely, Sanjeet Sah @ Sanjit Sah, 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.365 of 2012(4) 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