IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL APPEAL (SJ) No.203 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-311 Year-2021 Thana- SAMASTIPUR COMPLAINT CASE District- Samastipur ====================================================== 1. Manju Devi W/O Late Nand Kishore Pradhan R/O Village and P.S- Chakmehsi, Distt.- Samastipur. 2. Santosh Pradhan S/O Late Nand Kishore Pradhan R/O Village and P.S- Chakmehsi, Distt.- Samastipur. 3. Krishna Mohan Pradhan S/O Late Nand Kishore Pradhan R/O Village and P.S- Chakmehsi, Distt.- Samastipur. 4. Janak Kishore Pradhan @ Jan Kishore S/O Late Rambriksh Pradhan R/O Village and P.S- Chakmehsi, Distt.- Samastipur. 5. Mukesh Pradhan S/O Late Om Prakash Pradhan R/O Village and P.S- Chakmehsi, Distt.- Samastipur. ... ... Appellant/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. Pramila Devi W/O Ashok Kumar Mahto R/O Ward No.-5, Village and P.S- Chakmehsi, Distt.- Samastipur. ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Appellant/s : Mr. Mukesh Kumar Thakur, Advocate For the Respondent/s : Mr. Sadanand Paswan, Spl.P.P. For the Informant : Mr. Ranjan Kumar, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 4 17-06-2026 1. Heard learned counsel for the appellants, learned Special Public Prosecutor for the State and learned counsel appearing on behalf of the informant. 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 22.12.2025 in A.B.P. No. 3210 of 2025 passed by Patna High Court CR. APP (SJ) No.203 of 2026(4) dt.17-06-2026 2/3 the learned Special Judge, Samastipur in connection with C.R. No. 311 of 2021 TR No. 2179 of 2025 registered under Sections 341, 323, 504, 506, 188 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code as well as Sections 3(1)(r) and 3(1)(s) of the SC/ST Act. 3. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the appellants submits that appellants are persons with clean antecedent and were falsely implicated in the instant case by the informant. It is further submitted that the police, after threadbare investigation, came to a considered conclusion that appellants are innocent and, thus, submitted final form exonerating the appellants of the allegation as alleged in the FIR but the informant filed a protest based on which cognizance came to be taken. It is, thus, submitted that when one investigating agency, after threadbare investigation, came to a considered conclusion that appellants are innocent, whether it would be prudent for the Court to send the appellants to jail based on an order of cognizance which came to be taken on a protest petition. 4. Learned Special Public Prosecutor for the State and learned counsel appearing on behalf of the informant do not dispute the said submission of the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the appellants that the police, after investigation, submitted final form exonerating the appellants of the Patna High Court CR. APP (SJ) No.203 of 2026(4) dt.17-06-2026 3/3 allegation. 5. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties, the Court was inclined to extend the privilege of anticipatory bail to the appellants but since cognizance has been taken, as such, appellants are directed to appear before the learned trial court on 02.07.2026 and the learned trial court on the same day shall dispose of the case keeping in mind the fact that the police, during the course of investigation, found the appellants to be innocent and exonearted them of the allegation and based on order of cognizance they are apprehending their arrest. 6. Accoridngly, the instant appeal is disposed of. Kundan/- (Satyavrat Verma, J) U T