IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL APPEAL (DB) No.826 of 2014 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-109 Year-2012 Thana- BANKA District- Banka ====================================================== Ashok Mandal Late Ram Mandal Village-Ratanpur, P.S.-Barahat, Distt.Banka. ... ... Appellant/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Appellant/s : Mr.Anand Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Respondent/s : Mr.Dilip Kumar Sinha, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH KUMAR ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE) 3 05-05-2026 Perused the Letter No. 145 dated 10.02.2026 of the Superintendent of Police, Banka along with the report of SHO, Barahat Police Station dated 08.02.2026, wherein it is indicated that during enquiry it came to light that the sole appellant Ashok Mandal, has died. 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. 3. Let the trial court records be sent back to the Patna High Court CR. APP (DB) No.826 of 2014(3) dt.05-05-2026 2/2 concerned court immediately, if not required in any other case. ranjan/- (Sangam Kumar Sahoo, CJ) (Harish Kumar, J) U