IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL APPEAL (DB) No.252 of 1998 ====================================================== SAHDEO MAHTO ... ... Appellant/s Versus STATE OF BIHAR ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Appellant/s : None For the Respondent/s : None ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE NANI TAGIA and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE NANI TAGIA) 4 15-01-2026 None appears on behalf of the parties. 2. Pursuant to order dated 06.12.2025 a living status report of the accused appellant was called for. In response there to, Superintendent of Police, Lakhisarai submitted report dated 15.12.2025, wherein, it has been stated that appellant namely, Sahdeo Mahto has died during the pendency of this Cr. Appeal. 3. In view of the above, the instant Criminal Appeal filed by appellant stands abated. 4. Consigned to record. Siddharth Sagar/- (Nani Tagia, J) ( Sunil Dutta Mishra, J) U T