IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL APPEAL (SJ) No.4928 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-96 Year-2021 Thana- PATNA COMPLAINT CASE District- Patna ====================================================== Vinod Kumar Son of Late Hari Dayal Prasad Resident OF P.C. Colony, Kankarbagh, House No E/7, P.S.- Kankarbagh, Dist.- Patna ... ... Appellant/s Versus 1 . The State of Bihar 2. Jyoti Kumari D/O Ashok Das R/O Mohalla- New Jaganpur, Shubhash Nagar, Khemnichak, Sampatchak, P.S.- Ramkrishna Nagar, Dist.- Nagar. ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Appellant/s : Mr. Kumar Chandra Shekhar , 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 Patna High Court CR. APP (SJ) No.4928 of 2024(3) dt.06-03-2025 2/2 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