IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL REVISION No.256 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-1 Year-2023 Thana- SAHARSA COMPLAINT CASE District- Saharsa ====================================================== Manoj Kumar Rajak S/O Sri Mahavir Rajak, R/O Mohalla And P.O And P.S- Sonbarsha, Distt.- Saharsa. ... ... Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar. 2. Sanjay Sah S/O Khushilal Sah R/O M/S Soni Trading Company, Manori Chowk, P.S- Sonbarsha Raj, Distt.- Sahasrsa. 3. Soni Devi W/O Sanjay Sah R/O M/S Soni Trading Company, Manori Chowk, P.S- Sonbarsha Raj, Distt.- Sahasrsa. ... ... Respondents ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Anand Kishore Choudhary, Advocate For the Respondent/s : Mr. Sadanand Paswan, Spl. P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN KUMAR JHA ORAL ORDER 3 10-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2. The present Criminal Revision petition has been filed against the order dated 18.12.2023 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge-I cum Special Court Schedule Caste / Schedule Tribe, Saharsa in Complaint Case No. 1C of 2023, by which the learned trial Court has rejected the Complaint petition of the petitioner. Against such order, an appeal under Section 14A of the SC/ST (PoA) Act is only maintainable and not the revision petition. 3. In such circumstances, learned counsel for the petitioner seeks permission to convert the present Criminal Revision petition into an appeal. Patna High Court CR. REV. No.256 of 2024(3) dt.10-02-2026 2/2 4. Permission, as prayed for, is accorded. 5. Accordingly, learned counsel for the petitioner is directed to convert the present Criminal Revision petition into an appeal within two weeks. 6. Office is directed to extend all cooperation in this conversion. Shahnawaz/- (Arun Kumar Jha, J) U T