Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court CRIMINAL APPEAL (DB) No.1261 of 2007, Santosh Singh v. State of Bihar, oral order dated 07-05-2026 (Per Sangam Kumar Sahoo, CJ; sitting with Harish Kumar, J): sole appellant reported dead vide SP, Kaimur Letter No. 598 dated 30.04.2026 and SHO, Mohaniya report dated 27.04.2026 with death certificate; no near relative applied for leave to continue; under section 394 CrPC, 1973 (corresponding to section 435 BNSS, 2023) the appeal abated and stands disposed of; trial court records ordered returned. Keywords: abatement of appeal, death of sole appellant, leave to continue appeal, s.394 CrPC, s.435 BNSS.
What did the court decide?
No substantive relief to either party; the appeal stood abated on the death of the sole appellant and was disposed of; trial court records directed to be sent back to the concerned court immediately.