IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL APPEAL (SJ) No.5162 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-25 Year-2016 Thana- SC/ST District- Purnia ====================================================== MD. ZAFAR @ MD. ZAFAR ALAM SON OF MD. ZAKIR @ ZAKIRUDDIN RESIDENT OF VILLAGE- BARI BHANDAR, PS- BHAWANIPUR, DISTT- PURNIA ... ... Appellant/s Versus 1 . The State of Bihar 2. RAM LAL HANSDA SON OF LATE LAKSHMAN HANSDA RESIDENT OF VILLAGE- BIRANIA, PS- BHAWANIPUR, DISTT- PURNIA ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Appellant/s : Mr. Vikram Singh, Advocate For the Respondent/s : Mrs. Usha Kumari 1, Spl. PP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 5 12-11-2025 1 . Heard learned counsel for the appellants and the learned special Public Prosecutor for the State . 2. It is submitted by the learned special Public Prosecutor for the State that the prayer for pre-arrest bail of the appellants is not maintainable as cognizance has already been taken by the court below on 10.10.2017 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. 3 . In view of the aforesaid pronouncement of law Patna High Court CR. APP (SJ) No.5162 of 2023(5) dt.12-11-2025 2/2 rendered by Hon’ble the Supreme Court, appellants prayer of pre-arrest is refused. Koushik/- (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) U