IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL APPEAL (DB) No.903 of 2013 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-4 Year-2002 Thana- SIKARHATTA District- Bhojpur ====================================================== Jaybind Pandit @ Jay Govind Pandit Son Of Sheojee Pandit, Resident Of Village Kurmuri, P.S. Sikrahatta, District Bhojpur ... ... Appellant/s Versus The State Of Bihar ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Appellant/s : Mr. Bhavesh Kumar, 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) 5 17-04-2026 Perused the Letter No. 216 dated 15.02.2026 of the Superintendent of Police, Bhojpur, Ara along with the Report dated 08.02.2026 of S.H.O, Sikarhatta Police Station and the Letter dated 08.02.2026 of the Mukhiya of Gram Panchayat- Kurmari, Block-Tarari, District-Bhojpur; wherein it is indicated that during enquiry it came to light that the sole appellant, namely, Jaybind Pandit @ Jay Gobind Pandit, 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.903 of 2013(5) dt.17-04-2026 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. supratim/- (Sangam Kumar Sahoo, CJ) (Harish Kumar, J) U T