IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL APPEAL (SJ) No.4056 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-422 Year-2018 Thana- MEHSI District- East Champaran ====================================================== AJIT KUMAR S/o- BIRENDRA PRASAD YADAV Village- Kasva Mehsi Ps- Mehsi Dist- E.Champaran ... ... Appellant/s Versus 1 . The State of Bihar 2. Indrajeet Paswan son of Late Chalitar Paswan Village- Kasva Mehsi Tola Kazi chak Ps- Mehsi Dist- E.Champaran ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Appellant/s : Mr. Manoj Kumar , Advocate For the Respondent/s : Mrs. Usha Kumari 1, Spl. PP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 5 08-05-2025 1 . Heard learned counsel for the appellant and the State . 2. It is submitted by the 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. Patna High Court CR. APP (SJ) No.4056 of 2023(5) dt.08-05-2025 2/2 State of Bihar and others, reported in (2014) 3 Supreme Court Cases 471. 3 . In view of the aforesaid pronouncement of law rendered by Hon’ble the Supreme Court, appellants’ prayer of pre-arrest is refused. Koushik/- (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) U T