HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 482 BNSS No. - 1621 of 2025 Court No. - 15 HON'BLE KARUNESH SINGH PAWAR, J. Heard learned counsel for the applicant as well as Shri Alok Tewari, learned AGA for the State. The present bail application under Section 438 Cr.P.C. has been filed seeking anticipatory bail in FIR/Case Crime No.- 358/2024, Sections-221, 121(1), 132, 352, 351(3), 324(2) of B.N.S., which correspond to Sections 186, 333, 353, 504, 506, respectively, of I.P.C., Sections 3(1)(da), 3(1)(dha), and 3(2)(va) of S.C./S.T. Act, Police Station- Rajesultanpur, District- Ambedkar Nagar. Shri Alok Tewari, learned A.G.A. has raised a preliminary objection regarding the maintainability of the anticipatory bail application, submitting that the alleged offence falls within the ambit of a Special Statute i.e. the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. From plain reading of the FIR, prima facie, commission of offence under Section SC/ST Act and under the other sections of IPC are made out. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Sanjay Awasthi, Saniya Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Sitaram Singh @ Bhanupuri .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Sectt. Lko. And Another .....Opposite Party(s) Perused the record. A plain reading of the F.I.R., prima facie, discloses a commission of offence under SC/ST Act. In view of the statutory bar contained under Section 18 of the SC/ST Act, the present anticipatory bail application is not maintainable and is accordingly dismissed. November 3, 2025/R.C. NABAIL No. 1621 of 2025 2 (Karunesh Singh Pawar,J.) Digitally signed by :- RAM CHANDER YADAV High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench