IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL APPEAL (SJ) No.2719 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-190 Year-2014 Thana- SHRIKRISHNAPURI District- Patna ====================================================== Ram Kumar Ray S/o- Sri Ruplal Ray Resident Of Village- Songhatta,Ps- Sakaddi, Dist- Bhojpur, At Present Residing At Anandpuri, PS- Shrikrishnapuri, Dist-Patna ... ... Appellant/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. Chote Lal Das S/o- Sri Suryug Das R/o- Po Ps- Akilpur Dist- Chapra A/P- House of Gowardhan Kumar Nehru Nagar Ps- Krishnapuri Dist- Patna ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Appellant/s : Mr.Rashid Zafar, Adv. For the Respondent/s : Mr.Usha Kumari 1, Spl. PP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 6 20-08-2026 1. Heard learned counsel for the appellant and learned Spl. P.P., Ms. Usha Kumari 1 for the State. 2. This is an appeal under Section 14-A(2) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (hereinafter referred to as the “SC/ST Act”) against the refusal of prayer for anticipatory bail vide order dated 20.05.2025 in A.B.P. No. 1439 of 2025 passed by the learned Exclusive Special Judge, S.C./S.T. Act, Patna in connection with S.K. Puri P.S. Case No. 190 of 2014 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 323, 341 and 325 of the IPC later on Section 3(X) of the SC/ST Act. 3. The learned Spl. PP submits that the wife of the informant has received notice on behalf of the informant as would manifest from letter dated 11.08.2026 of the Senior Patna High Court CR. APP (SJ) No.2719 of 2025(6) dt.20-08-2026 2/3 Superintendent of Police, Saran. 4. Since the notice has been received by the wife of the informant, the same is deemed to be validly served. 5. Learned counsel for the appellant submits that appellant is a person with clean antecedent and the informant alleges that he was working as a driver of a pickup vehicle of the appellant, further on 29.05.2014 when owner of the vehicle inquired about the vehicle on which the informant replied that he had parked the vehicle in front of the door, but vehicle was stolen, hence the owner of the vehicle i.e. appellant called the informant on 05.06.2014 and assaulted him causing injury. 6. Learned counsel for the appellant submits that the appellant has been falsely implicated in the instant case by the informant. It is further submitted that even presuming what has been alleged is true without admitting, then the entire occurrence took place at the house of the occurrence and thus was not in public view. It is also submitted that even injury suffered by the injured has been opined to be simple in nature. It is next submitted that though case is of the year 2014, but then appellant was completely unaware that any criminal case has been instituted against him by the informant and recently when the police knocked the door of the appellant, he came to know about institution of the instant FIR. It is next submitted that Patna High Court CR. APP (SJ) No.2719 of 2025(6) dt.20-08-2026 3/3 investigation in the case is still continuing. It is also submitted that informant despite receiving notice chooses not to appear and contest. 7. Learned Spl. P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the appellant. 8. Considering the submission and taking into consideration the fact that appellant is a person with clean antecedent and the entire occurrence took place at his house and the investigation in the case till date is continuing, the order dated 20.05.2025 is hereby set aside and the appellant above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 5,000/- (Rupees Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with the aforesaid case, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the BNSS. 9. Accordingly, the appeal stands allowed. rajesh/- (Satyavrat Verma, J) U T