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Pramod Sah v. State of Bihar
Patna HCCR. APP (DB)/442/1996
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Abatement of criminal appeal on death of sole appellant; no near-relative application for leave to continue; Section 394 CrPC 1973 corresponds to Section 435 BNSS 2023; SP Muzaffarpur Letter No. 346 dated 14.02.2026; S.H.O. Bariyarpur report; Pramod Sah v. State of Bihar; Patna High Court; appeal stands abated and disposed of.
What did the court decide?
In view of the Superintendent of Police's report that the sole appellant, Pramod Sah, has died, and having regard to Section 394 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (corresponding to Section 435 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023), since no near relative has filed any application seeking leave to continue the appeal, the present Criminal Appeal stands abated. ¶10