IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL APPEAL (DB) No.185 of 1997 ====================================================== LAXMI MISTRI ... ... Appellant/s Versus STATE OF BIHAR ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Appellant/s : None For the Respondent/s : Mr. Sujit Kumar Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE NANI TAGIA and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANSUL @ ANSHUL RAJ ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE NANI TAGIA) 4 31-01-2026 None appears on behalf of the appellant. Heard learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. 2. Pursuant to letter dated 22.05.2025 of Assistant Registrar of this Court, a living status report of the appellant was called for. In response thereto, Senior Superintendent of Police, Patna has filed an affidavit dated 12.06.2025, wherein, it has been stated that the appellant, namely, Laxmi Mistri has died in the year 2002 during the pendency of this Cr. Appeal. 3. In view of the above, the instant Criminal Appeal filed by the appellant stands abated. 4. Consigned to record. nishant/- (Nani Tagia, J) ( Ansul @ Anshul Raj, J) U T