Ravindra Yadav v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL APPEAL (SJ) No.1822 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-165 Year-2023 Thana- PALASI District- Araria ====================================================== Ravindra Yadav S/O Umesh Yadav @ Umesh Prasad Yadav Resident of Village- Bihari, Ward No. 09, Police Station- Palasi, Distt.- Araria (Bihar). ... ... Appellant/s
Versus
1.
The State of Bihar 2.
Shivanand Paswan S/O Late Nand Lal Paswan R/O Village- Gargaon, Ward No. 14, P.S- Palasi, Distt.- Araria (Bihar) ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Appellant :
Mr. Kumar Ravish, Advocate For the State :
Mr. Sadanand Paswan, Spl.PP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 07-07-2025 Heard learned counsel for the appellant and learned Spl.PP for the State.
2. This appeal has been filed for setting aside order dated 27.02.2025, passed in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3(i)(r)(s) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, whereby the prayer for anticipatory bail of the appellant has been rejected.
3. At the outset, it is submitted by learned Spl.P.P. appearing on behalf of the State that the prayer for grant of prearrest bail of the appellant is not maintainable, as cognizance has already been taken by the learned trial court also for the
Patna High Court CR. APP (SJ) No.1822 of 2025(2) dt.07-07-2025 2/2 offences punishable under the SC/ST Act. In this regard, reliance is placed in the case of Bachu Das Vs. State of Bihar and others, reported in (2014) 3 Supreme Court Cases 471.
4. In view of the aforesaid submissions and pronouncement of law rendered by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of Bachu Das (supra), appellant's prayer for grant of pre-arrest bail is rejected and this appeal stands dismissed. (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) shashank/- U T