CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PURNENDU SINGH ORAL ORDER

4 17-12-2025 Heard Mr. Jitendra Narain Sinha, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the appellants; Mr. Sunny Prasad, learned counsel for OP No.2 and Mr. Sadanand Paswan, learned Spl. PP for the State.

2. The appellants have preferred appeal under Section

14(A) (2) of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act against the rejection of prayer for pre-arrest bail, vide order dated 26.04.2024 passed by the learned Exclusive Special Judge, SC/ST (PoA) Act, Begusarai in ABA No.625 of 2024 arising out of Samho PS Case No.05 of 2024, registered for the offenes under Sections 341 , 323, 447, 448, 325, 307, 354, 504 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3(i)(r)(s), 3(2)(va) of SC/ST (POA) Act.

3. As per the allegation made in the F.I.R., appellants along with other accused persons had entered into the house of the informant and abused and assaulted her and her son by means of lathi-danda causing injury. Informant belongs to Scheduled Caste and, as such, FIR under Sections 3(i)(r)(s) and

3(2)(va) has been lodged for abusing and taking caste name.

4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the appellants submit