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Khokhai Mahto @ Kokai Mahto v. State of Bihar
Criminal Appeal (DB) – abatement on death of sole appellant
Patna HCCR. APP (DB)/892/2010
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Patna High Court, CR. APP (DB) No.892 of 2010, order dated 08-05-2026 (Per Sangam Kumar Sahoo, CJ; Harish Kumar, J): abatement and disposal of criminal appeal on death of the sole appellant where no near relative sought leave to continue; section 394 CrPC 1973 read with corresponding section 435 BNSS 2023; direction to return trial court record; State of Bihar respondent; advocates Ganesh Chandra Thakur for appellant and L.K.B.Pd., A.P.P. for the State.
What did the court decide?
None; the Criminal Appeal stands abated on the death of the sole appellant, and the trial court record is to be returned to the concerned court immediately, if not required in any other case. ¶16