CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER

5 23-12-2025 1. Heard learned Counsel for the appellant, learned Counsel for the respondent no. 2 and learned Special Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. An order, dated 26.06.2024 passed by learned 1^st Additional Sessions Judge -cum- Special Judge, SC/ST, West Champaran, at Bettiah, in A.B.P. No. 1123 of 2024, is under challenge in the present appeal preferred under Section 14-A(2) of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, whereby the anticipatory bail application of the appellant in connection with Nautan Police Station Case No. 171 of

2024, dated 05.05.2024, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 376 /313/420/493 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3 (2) (v) of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, has been rejected.

3. The prosecution case, as per the First Information Report, is that the appellant, whose house is adjacent to the house of the respondent no. 2/informant, was in relationship with the informant for the last three years. It has been alleged that taking advantage of the love relationship and on the pretext of marriag