Prabhu Nath Prasad Chaudhary @ Prabhu Nath Choudhary v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL APPEAL (DB) No.937 of 2011 ====================================================== Prabhu Nath Prasad Chaudhary @ Prabhu Nath Choudhary, S/O Late Ram Adhin Chaudhary, Village Tikari Tola Sahdulepur, P.S. Hussainganj, District Siwan ... ... Appellant/s

Versus

The State of Bihar ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Appellant/s :

Mr. Shambhu Prasad Yadav, Adv.

For the Respondent/s :

Mrs. S. B. Verma, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH KUMAR ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE) 14-05-2026 Perused the Letter No. 568 dated 11.05.2026 of the Superintendent of Police, Siwan, along with the report dated 07.05.2026 of Police Inspector-cum- S.H.O, Hussainganj P.S., Siwan, as well as the Death Certificate issued on 13.05.2022, issued by Department of Planning and Development, Government of Bihar, wherein it is indicated that during enquiry it came to light that the sole appellant, namely, Prabhu Nath Prasad Chaudhary @ Prabhu Nath Choudhary, is dead.

2. In view of the said letters 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

Patna High Court CR. APP (DB) No.937 of 2011(6) dt.14-05-2026 2/2 continue the appeal, the Criminal Appeal stands abated and disposed of.

3. Let the trial court record be sent back to the concerned court immediately, if not required in any other cases. (Sangam Kumar Sahoo, CJ) (Harish Kumar, J) supratim/- U T