IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL APPEAL (DB) No.612 of 2004 ====================================================== Nazun Begam Wife Of Sheikh Hashib, Resident Of Village- Narainpur (Shakmari), Police Station- Ajamnagar, District- Katihar. ... ... Appellant/s Versus The State Of Bihar. ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Appellant/s : Mr. Raj Kumar, Advocate For the Respondent/s : Mr. Pp. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE) 6 13-02-2026 Perused the report of the Superintendent of Police, Katihar, dated 08.02.2026 which indicates that the appellant, Nazun Begam 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. guddukr/- (Sangam Kumar Sahoo, CJ) (Alok Kumar Sinha, J) U T