IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL APPEAL (SJ) No.4819 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-250 Year-2021 Thana- SAMASTIPUR COMPLAINT CASE District- Samastipur ====================================================== GOPAL KUMAR S/O BASANT CHOUDHARY R/O VILL- LOKNATHPUR, WARD NO-14, PS- DALSINGHSARAI, DIST- SAMASTIPUR ... ... Appellant/s Versus 1 . The State of Bihar 2. Rekha Devi W/o Manoj Ram R/o Loknathpur, ward no. 14, P.s. - Dalsinghsarai, Distt.- Samastipur ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Appellant/s : Mr. Ujjwal Kumar , Advocate For the Respondent/s : Mr. Sadanand Paswan, Spl. PP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 06-03-2025 1 . Heard learned counsel for the appellant and learned Special Public Prosecutor for the State . 2. It is submitted by 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. Patna High Court CR. APP (SJ) No.4819 of 2024(3) dt.06-03-2025 2/2 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