IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL APPEAL (SJ) No.2662 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-12 Year-2019 Thana- SC/ST District- Madhepura ====================================================== Sunil Singh @ Sunil Kumar Singh S/O Late Gajendra Singh @ Gajendra Narayan Singh R/O Village-Sukhasan, P.S.-Kumarkhand, Distt-Madhepura ... ... Appellant/s Versus 1 . The State of Bihar 2. Sadanand Rishidev S/O Late Biren Rishidev R/O Village-Bishanpur, Mushahari Tola, P.S.-Kumarkhand, Distt-Madhepura ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Appellant/s : Mr. Pramod Mishra, Advocate For the Respondent/s : Mr. Binay Krishna, Spl. PP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 27-02-2025 1. Heard learned counsel for the appellant and the State . 2. It is submitted by the learned Special Public Prosecutor for the State that the prayer for pre-arrest bail of the appellant 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.2662 of 2024(3) dt.27-02-2025 2/2 rendered by Hon’ble the Supreme Court, appellant’s prayer of pre-arrest is refused. Koushik/- (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) U