IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL APPEAL (SJ) No.3770 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-12 Year-2023 Thana- COMPLAINT CASE District- Araria ====================================================== 1 . Md. Barik @ Abdulk Barik Son of Md. Taslim @ Md. Talslimuddin R/o Village - Kharhaiya Basti, Ward no. 11, P.S. - Araria, Dist. - Araria. 2. Md. Sonu @ Anwar Alam Son of Md. Brik @ Abdul Barik R/o Village - Kharhaiya Basti, Ward no. 11, P.S. - Araria, Dist. - Araria. ... ... Appellant/s Versus 1 . The State of Bihar 2. Ful Kumari Wife of Sattan Ram @ Satyanaryan Ram R/o Village - Dharmganj, Ward no. 10, P.S. - Palasi, Dist. - Araria. ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Appellant/s : Mr. Vijay Kishore Bharti , Advocate For the Respondent/s : Mr. Sadanand Paswan, Spl. PP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 12-11-2025 1 . Heard learned counsel for the appellants and the learned special Public Prosecutor for the State . 2. It is submitted by the learned special Public Prosecutor for the State that the prayer for pre-arrest bail of the appellants is not maintainable as cognizance has already been taken by the court below also for the 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. 3 . In view of the aforesaid pronouncement of law Patna High Court CR. APP (SJ) No.3770 of 2025(2) dt.12-11-2025 2/2 rendered by Hon’ble the Supreme Court, appellants prayer of pre-arrest is refused. Koushik/- (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) U T