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Dhananjay Singh v. State of Bihar
Patna HCCR. APP (DB)/502/1997
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Abatement of criminal appeal on death of sole appellant; no near relative applied for leave to continue appeal; Section 394 CrPC 1973 corresponding to Section 435 BNSS 2023; Patna High Court; Dhananjay Singh v. State of Bihar; Criminal Appeal (DB) No. 502 of 1997; order dated 17-04-2026; appeal abated and disposed of; trial court record to be returned to concerned court; bench: Sangam Kumar Sahoo, CJ and Harish Kumar, J.
What did the court decide?
No substantive relief; the criminal appeal stands abated on the death of the sole appellant and is disposed of, with a direction that the trial court record be sent back to the concerned court immediately if not required in any other cases. ¶15