IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL APPEAL (SJ) No.2520 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-25 Year-2024 Thana- NAUGACHIA SC/ST District- Bhagalpur ====================================================== 1. Subodh Kumar S/O Ranjeet Singh @ Ranjeet Kumar Mandal Resident of Village- Bhramarpur, ward No. 04, P.S- Bhawanipur, Distt.- Bhagalpur. 2. Rajesh Kumar S/O Ranjeet Singh @ Ranjeet Kumar Mandal Resident of Village- Bhramarpur, ward No. 04, P.S- Bhawanipur, Distt.- Bhagalpur. 3. Hira Kumar Mandal S/O Late Babu Lal Mandal Resident of Village- Bhramarpur, ward No. 04, P.S- Bhawanipur, Distt.- Bhagalpur. ... ... Appellant/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. Deepak Kumar S/O Kailash Mehtar R/O Village- Bhramarpur, ward No. 3, P.S- Bhawanipur, Distt.- Bhagalpur. ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Appellant/s : Mr. Amrendra Kumar, Adv. For the Respondent/s : Mr. Binay Krishna, Spl.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2. 28-08-2025 Heard learned counsel for the appellants and learned Special P.P. for the State. 2. This appeal has been filed against order dated 22.04.2025 passed by learned District & Additional Sessions Judge III-cum-Special Judge, SC/ST Act, Bhagalpur in connection with Naugachia SC/ST P.S. Case No. 25 of 2024 registered under Sections 191(2), 191(3), 190, 126(2), 115(2), 303(2), 352, 351(2) of B.N.S., 2023 and Sections 3(1)(r)(s), 3(2) (va) of the SC/ST (POA) Act, whereby the prayer for anticipatory bail of appellants has been rejected. Patna High Court CR. APP (SJ) No.2520 of 2025(2) dt.28-08-2025 2/2 3. At the outset, learned Special P.P. for the State submits that in this case, cognizance has already been taken by the learned Court below under the provisions of SC/ST Act against these appellants and as such, this appeal, filed for grant of anticipatory bail to the appellants, is not maintainable, in view of the decision of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in case of Bachu Das Vs State of Bihar and others, reported in (2014) 3 S.C.C. 471. 4. In view of law laid down by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of Bachu Das (supra), the present appeal, filed for pre-arrest bail to the appellants, stands dismissed. anay (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) U T