Bajrangi Rai v. State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Bajrangi Rai v. The State of Bihar; Patna High Court; CRIMINAL APPEAL (DB) No.438 of 1999; abatement of criminal appeal on death of sole appellant; no near relative filed application seeking leave to continue appeal; Section 394 CrPC 1973; Section 435 BNSS 2023; SP Sheohar Letter No. 19 dated 12.02.2026; death certificate annexed; appeal disposed of as abated.
What did the court decide?
In view of the Superintendent of Police, Sheohar's letter reporting the death of the sole appellant, and having regard to Section 394 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (corresponding to Section 435 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023), as no near relative filed any application seeking leave to continue the appeal, the present Criminal Appeal stands abated and is accordingly disposed of. ¶10