( 2026:JHHC:25353 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI Criminal Appeal (S.J.) No. 143 of 2022 Ravi Nandan Kumar Sinha @ Ravi Kumar Sinha, aged about 61 years, son of late Gaurangeshwar Prasad Sinha, resident of Satyam Shivam North Patel Nagar, Post Office- Lal Bahadur Sastri Nagar, Police Station- Patliputra, District-Patna, Bihar ...... … Appellant Versus The Union of India through Central Bureau of Investigation .…. … Respondent -------- CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI For the Appellant :Mr. Prakash Kr. Sahay, Advocate For the C.B.I. : Mr. Prashant Pallav, ASGI : Mr. Deepak Kumar Bharati, Advocate 06/ 21.08.2026: Let this appeal be detached from rest of the appeals. 2. The matter relates to judgment of conviction dated 15.02.2022 and order of sentence dated 21.02.2022 passed in R.C. Case No. 47(A)/1996. 3. Learned counsel for the appellant submits that the appellant has already left for his heavenly abode and in view of that this appeal is abated. 4. Learned counsel for the C.B.I submits that in the light of submission of the learned counsel for the appellant, the appeal is already abated. 5. In view of above submissions of the learned counsel for the parties, this appeal is already abated. Dt.21.08.2026 ( Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J.) satyarthi-