IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL APPEAL (DB) No.823 of 2014 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-178 Year-1999 Thana- CHOUTARWA District- West Champaran ====================================================== Md. Jamaluddin @ Jamaluddin, S/o Late Md. Ismail, R/o Village - Jharmahui, P.S. - Chautarwa, District- West Champaran. ... ... Appellant/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Appellant/s : Mr. Gauri Shankar Thakur, Adv. For the Respondent/s : Mr. G.P. Jaiswal, 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. 121 dated 20.02.2026 of the Superintendent of Police, Bagaha along with the Report dated 18.02.2026 of S.H.O, Chautarwa Police Station, wherein it is indicated that during enquiry it came to light that the sole appellant, namely, Md. Jamaluddin @ Jamaluddin, 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. 3. Let the trial court record be sent back to the Patna High Court CR. APP (DB) No.823 of 2014(5) dt.17-04-2026 2/2 concerned court immediately, if not required in any other cases. rohit/- (Sangam Kumar Sahoo, CJ) ( Harish Kumar, J) U T