IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL APPEAL (SJ) No.4876 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-14 Year-2024 Thana- Gehlaur District- Gaya ====================================================== Prince Kumar @ Prince Raj S/o Pramod Mistri R/o village -Mahmadpur (Mahmatpur), P.S. Gehlour, District-Gaya ... ... Appellant/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. Rita Devi W/o Satyendra Choudhary R/o vill - Mahmadpur (Mahmatpur), P.S. - Gehlour, Distt.- gaya ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Appellant/s : Mr.Umesh Kumar Verma, Advocate For the Respondent/s : Ms.Usha Kumari 1, Special PP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 5 27-07-2026 1. Heard learned counsel for the appellant and learned Spl. P.P. for the State, Ms. Usha Kumari No. 1 the informant despite receiving notice chooses not to appear and contest.

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 16.08.2024 passed by the learned 1st Additional Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge S.C./S.T. (POA) Act, Gaya in connection with Gehlour (Gehlaur) P.S. Case No. 14 of 2024 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 341, 323, 504, 506, 452, 379, 34 of the Indian Penal Code as well as Patna High Court CR. APP (SJ) No.4876 of 2024(5) dt.27-07-2026 2/3 Sections 3(i)(r)(s) and 3(2)(v-9) of the SC/ST Act. 3. Learned counsel for the appellant submits that appellant is a person with clean antecedent and is a young boy aged about 20 years and the informant alleges that on 29.05.2024 at about 11:00 AM, while she was at her home when all the accused persons including the appellant came and abused by taking caste name and also threw water on their land and the accused persons also assaulted the informant and when her mother came to save the informant, Raushan assaulted her mother by knife on nose causing injury, further Kajal and Nirmala committed theft of Rs. 4,000/- from the house.

4. Learned counsel for the appellant submits that the appellant has been falsely implicated in the instant case by the informant, it is next submitted that from perusal of the allegation as alleged in the FIR, it would manifest that no specific allegation is alleged against the appellant and allegation of assaulting the mother of the informant by khanti is against Raushan, it is also submitted that entire occurrence took place at the house of the informant thus was not in public view. 5. Learned Spl. P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the appellant. 6. Considering the submissions made by the learned Patna High Court CR. APP (SJ) No.4876 of 2024(5) dt.27-07-2026 3/3 counsel for the appellant, let the appellant above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned trial trial court within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 5,000/- (Rupees Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with the aforesaid case, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C. 7. Accordingly, the impugned order is set aside and the appeal stands allowed. (Satyavrat Verma, J) nitesh/- U T

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL APPEAL (SJ) No.4876 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-14 Year-2024 Thana- Gehlaur District- Gaya ====================================================== Prince Kumar @ Prince Raj S/o Pramod Mistri R/o village -Mahmadpur (Mahmatpur), P.S. Gehlour, District-Gaya ... ... Appellant/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. Rita Devi W/o Satyendra Choudhary R/o vill - Mahmadpur (Mahmatpur), P.S. - Gehlour, Distt.- gaya ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Appellant/s : Mr.Umesh Kumar Verma, Advocate For the Respondent/s : Ms.Usha Kumari 1, Special PP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 5 27-07-2026 1. Heard learned counsel for the appellant and learned Spl. P.P. for the State, Ms. Usha Kumari No. 1 the informant despite receiving notice chooses not to appear and contest.

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 16.08.2024 passed by the learned 1st Additional Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge S.C./S.T. (POA) Act, Gaya in connection with Gehlour (Gehlaur) P.S. Case No. 14 of 2024 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 341, 323, 504, 506, 452, 379, 34 of the Indian Penal Code as well as Patna High Court CR. APP (SJ) No.4876 of 2024(5) dt.27-07-2026 2/3 Sections 3(i)(r)(s) and 3(2)(v-9) of the SC/ST Act. 3. Learned counsel for the appellant submits that appellant is a person with clean antecedent and is a young boy aged about 20 years and the informant alleges that on 29.05.2024 at about 11:00 AM, while she was at her home when all the accused persons including the appellant came and abused by taking caste name and also threw water on their land and the accused persons also assaulted the informant and when her mother came to save the informant, Raushan assaulted her mother by knife on nose causing injury, further Kajal and Nirmala committed theft of Rs. 4,000/- from the house.

4. Learned counsel for the appellant submits that the appellant has been falsely implicated in the instant case by the informant, it is next submitted that from perusal of the allegation as alleged in the FIR, it would manifest that no specific allegation is alleged against the appellant and allegation of assaulting the mother of the informant by khanti is against Raushan, it is also submitted that entire occurrence took place at the house of the informant thus was not in public view. 5. Learned Spl. P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the appellant. 6. Considering the submissions made by the learned Patna High Court CR. APP (SJ) No.4876 of 2024(5) dt.27-07-2026 3/3 counsel for the appellant, let the appellant above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned trial trial court within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 5,000/- (Rupees Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with the aforesaid case, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C. 7. Accordingly, the impugned order is set aside and the appeal stands allowed. (Satyavrat Verma, J) nitesh/- U T