IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL APPEAL (DB) No.37 of 2012 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-92 Year-1998 Thana- MASHRAK District- Saran ====================================================== Kishore Vijay Nath Singh @ Kishore Singh, S/O Late Gorakh Nath Singh, Resident Of Village- Mashrakh Gopal Bari, P.O. P.S.- Mashrakh, District- Saran at Chapra ... ... Appellant/s Versus The State Of Bihar ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Appellant/s : Mr. Sumant Singh, Adv. For the Respondent/s : Mr. Lala Kailash Bihari, 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 Letter No. 363 dated 17.02.2026 of the Senior Superintendent of Police, Saran, Chapra, along with the report dated 16.02.2026 of S.H.O., Masrak P.S., Saran, as well as the certificate of death issued on, 16.02.2026, issued by Chief Councilor, Nagar Panchayat Masrak, wherein it is indicated that during enquiry it came to light that the sole appellant, namely, Kishore Vijay Nath Singh @ Kishore Singh, is dead. 2. In view of the said letters 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.37 of 2012(3) 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. supratim/- (Sangam Kumar Sahoo, CJ) (Harish Kumar, J) U T