Babu Nand Singh And ORS v. State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL APPEAL (DB) No.30 of 1996 ======================================================

1. Babu Nand Singh , Son of Ramanand Singh, deceased,

2. Ravi Shankar Singh, Son of Babu Nand Singh,

3. Bishnu Shankar Singh, Son of Paras Singh, All residents of Village- Dhobhan, P.S. Arrah Muffassil, District- Bhojpur. ... ... Appellant/s

Versus

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

For the Appellant/s :

Mr.Pramod Kumar, Advocate For the Respondent/s :

Mr.Dr. Mayanand Jha, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH KUMAR ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE) 05-05-2026 Perused the Letter No. 689 dated 21.04.2026 of the Superintendent of Police, Bhojpur, Arrah along with the report dated 21.04.2026 of the S.H.O., Dhobhan P.S., Bhojpur, Arrah, wherein it is indicated that during enquiry it came to light that all the three appellants, namely, Babu Nand Singh, Ravi Shankar Singh and Bishnu Shankar Singh, are dead and the death certificate of the appellants is annexed with the said report.

2. In view of the said report 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.30 of 1996(3) dt.05-05-2026 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) guddukr/- U T