Sheo Shankar Prasad v. State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL APPEAL (DB) No.435 of 2007 ====================================================== Sheo Shankar Prasad, S/O Late Ram Lagan Prasad, Resident of VillageRamnagar, P.S.-Ramnagar, District-West Champaran. ... ... Appellant/s

Versus

The State of Bihar.

... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Appellant/s :

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

Mr. App.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH KUMAR ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE) 01-05-2026 Perused the Letter No. 170 dated 09.03.2026 of the Superintendent of Police, Bagaha, along with the Report dated 08.03.2026 of the Police Inspector-cum-S.H.O., Ramngar, Bagaha Police Station, West Champaran as well as the Death Certificate, which was issued by the Department of Planning and Development, Government of Bihar; wherein it is indicated that during enquiry it came to light that the sole appellant, namely, Sheo Shankar Prasad, 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

Patna High Court CR. APP (DB) No.435 of 2007(3) dt.01-05-2026 2/2 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) Neha/- U