IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL APPEAL (SJ) No.1879 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-4 Year-2017 Thana- MAHILA PS District- Khagaria ====================================================== Pintu Poddar S/O Arjun Poddar R/O Village- Jalkaura, P.S- Gangour, District- Khagaria. ... ... Appellant/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. Meera Devi W/O Chandra Kishore Rajak R/O Villwg- Jahangira Sobhni, P.S- Gangour, Dist.- Khagaria. ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Appellant/s : Mr. Pankaj Kumar, Advocate For the Respondent/s : Mr. Binay Krishna, Special PP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 4 02-07-2026 1. Heard learned counsel for the appellant and learned Special P.P. for the State, Mr. Binay Krishna. 2. The learned Special PP, at the outset, submits that from perusal of the FIR, it would manifest that the case is of the year 2017, but there is no pleading in the appeal that as to what happened during the course of investigation, on which the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the appellant submits that police after investigation submitted charge sheet based on which cognizance was taken in the year 2021 itself, but inadvertently the said fact could not be pleaded in the instant appeal which was filed in the year 2025, on which the learned Special PP submits that since cognizance has been taken, as Patna High Court CR. APP (SJ) No.1879 of 2025(4) dt.02-07-2026 2/2 such, a prima facie case is made out, hence rigors of Section 18 of the SC/ST will apply. 3. At this stage, the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the appellant seeks permission to withdraw the appeal with liberty to the appellant to surrender and seek regular bail. 4. Permission is accorded. 5. Accordingly, the appeal stands dismissed as withdrawn with the liberty aforesaid. Rishabh/- (Satyavrat Verma, J) U T