IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL APPEAL (DB) No.132 of 1995 ====================================================== DHARAM PRAKASH PURSHOTTAM @ LADDU ... ... Appellant/s Versus STATE ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== with CRIMINAL APPEAL (DB) No. 143 of 1995 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-227 Year-1993 Thana- FATUA District- Patna ====================================================== Praveen Kumar Son of Shailendra Singh Resident of Village- Abdullah, P.S.- Gorichak, Dist.- Patna. ... ... Appellant/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== with CRIMINAL APPEAL (DB) No. 181 of 1995 ====================================================== KAILASH KUMAR ... ... Appellant/s Versus STATE OF BIHAR ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : (In CRIMINAL APPEAL (DB) No. 132 of 1995) For the Appellant/s : Mr. D.K.Singh, Advocate For the Respondent/s : Ms. Shashi Bala Verma, APP (In CRIMINAL APPEAL (DB) No. 143 of 1995) For the Appellant/s : Mr. Subhash Kr. Singh, Advocate For the Respondent/s : Mr. Sujit Kumar Singh, APP (In CRIMINAL APPEAL (DB) No. 181 of 1995) For the Appellant/s : Mr. Bimal Kumar, Advocate For the Respondent/s : Mr. Sujit Kumar Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE NANI TAGIA and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA ORAL ORDER Patna High Court CR. APP (DB) No.132 of 1995(17) dt.27-01-2026 2/2 (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE NANI TAGIA) 17 27-01-2026 Reg: Cr. Appeal (DB) No. 132 of 1995 Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2. Pursuant to order dated 03.12.2025 a living status report of the sole appellant was called for. In response thereto, Station House Officer, Fatua Police Station, Patna has filed an affidavit dated 20.01.2026 stating that the sole appellant, namely, Dharam Prakash Purshottam @ Laddu has died during the pendency of this Criminal appeal. 3. In view of the above, the instant Criminal Appeal filed by the appellant stands abated. 4. Consigned to record. Reg: Cr. Appeal (DB) No. 143 of 1995 & Cr. Appeal (DB) No. 181 of 1995 5. On the prayer of learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State, list these appeals on 24.02.2026. nishant/- (Nani Tagia, J) ( Sunil Dutta Mishra, J) U T