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The appellant, Santosh Yadav, appealed under Section 14(A)(2) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 against the Special Court's order rejecting his anticipatory bail application. He was accused of indecently touching a woman belonging to a Scheduled …
The appellants, Yashodhar Mahto and Ramakant Mahto, appealed against the order of the Exclusive Special Judge, Darbhanga, which rejected their anticipatory bail application under Section 14(A)(2) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. They were accused of …
The appellant, Rahul Kumar, appealed to the Patna High Court under Section 14(A)(2) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, seeking anticipatory bail after a lower court had rejected his bail application. The FIR alleged that after marrying the informant, …
The appellants, eight members of a family, were charged under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for assaulting an informant with brick plates and allegedly abusing her caste name. They appealed to the Patna High Court under Section 14A(2) of the Act against the …
The appellants Rajan Yadav, Rahul Kumar and Bindeshwar Yadav were charged under several sections of the Bihar Penal Code and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for allegedly hurling caste‑based abuses against an informant. They contended that the informant had …
The appellants, Guriya Devi and Rinku Devi, were charged under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and related provisions for allegedly assaulting an informant and her son with caste‑based abuse. They applied for anticipatory bail under Section 14(A)(2) of the …
The appellants, accused of caste‑based assault under the SC/ST Act, appealed against the lower court's refusal to grant anticipatory bail. The FIR alleged that the accused had humiliated and assaulted the complainant and others on caste grounds. The appellants contended they were falsely implicated …
The appellant, Awadh Kishore Prasad Bidyarthi, was charged under several provisions of the Bihar Negotiable Instruments Act and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for allegedly abusing and threatening a depositor on caste grounds. He applied for anticipatory …
The appellants, five residents of Sundarpur, were charged under several sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for allegedly setting fire to an informant's house, burning valuables and snatching a gold chain while abusing the …
The appellant, Dinesh Patel, was charged under several sections of the Bihar Penal Code and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for allegedly assaulting an informant during a land‑related dispute. The trial court rejected his bail application, prompting an appeal …
The appellants, Baby Khatoon and Badal Khan, appealed under Section 14(A)(2) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act against the Special Judge's refusal to grant anticipatory bail in a case involving alleged mob assault and grievous injuries to the informant. The prosecution alleged that the …
The appellants, Satish Yadav and Nitish Yadav, appealed against the trial court’s order rejecting their anticipatory bail under Section 14(A)(2) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. The prosecution alleged that the appellants, along with others, …
The appellant, Ravindra Rai, was charged under several IPC sections (420, 147, 341, 342, 363, 323, 504, 506) and Sections 3(1)(r), (s), (w) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for allegedly forcing the informant to register a sale deed of his house and abusing …
The appellants filed an appeal seeking anticipatory bail in a case registered under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, alleging that they were falsely implicated in an alleged assault and caste-based abuse of the …
The appellants, Prashant Kumar and Sajan Kumar, were accused of taking a loan of Rs.1,40,000 and refusing to repay it, subsequently abusing the informant on a telephone call with caste-based slurs and threats. The FIR was filed under IPC sections 406, 420, 504, 506, 34 and SC/ST Act 3(1)(r)(s). The …
The appellants, members of the Chaurasiya family, were charged under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 for allegedly entering an informant's house, abusing her by caste name and assaulting her and her husband, causing injuries. They sought bail, arguing …
The petitioners, who are relatives of the main accused Amarjeet Sah, applied for anticipatory bail fearing arrest in connection with Bhabhua Police Station Case No. 431 of 2022, which involves offences under several IPC sections, the POCSO Act and the SC/ST Act. The prosecution alleges that Amarjeet …
The appellant, Ankit Kumar, was named in an FIR alleging his participation in a mob assault that resulted in the death of a man and his two‑year‑old son, invoking multiple IPC offences and provisions of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. He applied for anticipatory bail, claiming innocence, …
The appeal challenged the cancellation of bail granted to Bijay Mandal in a land‑sale dispute where the complainant alleged cheating, assault and offences under the SC/ST Act. The trial court had granted regular bail on the condition of a modest cash surety, noting that the matter was essentially …
Dr. Gautam Choudhry was accused of assaulting a woman who visited his clinic and her brother, and of using caste-based abusive language, invoking several IPC offences and provisions of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The police filed a closure report in his favour, but the Special Sessions …
The appellants Ramesh Rai, Aniket, Ajeet and Ashok Rai were charged under several IPC offences and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 for assaulting and robbing Lakhan Deo Das, allegedly using caste slurs. The trial court rejected their application for …
The appellants appealed against the order of the District and Additional Sessions Judge who had denied their prayer for anticipatory bail under Section 14A(2) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The prosecution alleged that the appellants, along with others, …
The appellants, three members of the Sahani family, were charged under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and several IPC provisions for allegedly assaulting informant Dashrath Sah with caste‑based slurs on 29 September 2024. The Special Judge had rejected their …
The appellants were accused of assaulting an informant and his relatives over a dispute concerning a she‑goat, with allegations that they used caste‑based slurs. The prosecution charged them under several provisions of the Bhartiya Nyay Sanhita and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes …
The appellants, Bimla Devi and Manju Kumari, were charged under the Bhartiya Nyay Sanhita (sections 74, 77, 352, 351(2)) and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 for allegedly intimidating a girl, taking obscene photographs, and threatening her family. They …
The appellant, Dhananjay Singh, was charged under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for allegedly demanding an inflated loan amount, abusing the complainant by caste name, and selling the complainant's tractor. The Special Judge denied his anticipatory bail. On appeal under Section 14A(2) of …
The appellants, Prabhat Kumar and Pritesh Kumar, were charged under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and related provisions for allegedly abusing and assaulting the son of informant Rajo Paswan, with a co‑accused firing a pistol. The trial judge rejected …
The appellants appealed under Section 14A(2) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act against a Special Judge's order rejecting their anticipatory bail. The prosecution alleged that a water‑dispute on 4 January 2025 led to the appellants assaulting the informant, his relatives and wife, using …
The appellants, Prabhat Kumar and Pritesh Kumar, appealed against the rejection of their anticipatory bail applications under Section 14A(2) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act in a case involving alleged caste-based abuse and a shooting incident. The prosecution alleged that the informant's …
The appellants, alleged musclemen, were accused of assaulting, humiliating, and stealing from a Scheduled Caste complainant over a land dispute, with allegations of caste-based abuse under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The trial court rejected their application for anticipatory bail, …
The accused filed an application under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 seeking to quash FIR No. 11202056240245/2024 and the related Special Atrocity Case. The original complainant appeared in court and, through an affidavit, confirmed that the dispute had been amicably …
Petitioners No.02 and 04 filed a special criminal application under Article 226 of the Constitution and Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita seeking quash of FIR No.11210003250994 dated 28‑10‑2025, which alleged offences under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Gujarat Police Act and the …
The appellants challenged the Special Court's rejection of their pre‑arrest bail application, arguing that the court had not examined whether a prima facie case under the Atrocities Act existed. The High Court noted that the Special Court had failed to record any findings on the merits, which would …
Raj Kumar Mandal was denied bail on 30 September 2024 in Criminal Appeal (SJ) No. 3789 of 2023, with the court directing that he could renew his bail application after nine months. The nine‑month period elapsed, and a co‑accused, Lalu Yadav, was granted bail by a coordinate bench on 1 May 2025. The …
The appellants, Bhushan Yadav and Sunil Yadav, were charged under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and several sections of the Indian Penal Code for allegedly assaulting a complainant, his wife and daughter, using caste‑based slurs, breaking a mobile …
The petitioner, Kamlesh Yadav, was granted regular bail on 17 January 2026. In the bail petition he inadvertently omitted two earlier criminal cases – one from 2010 involving offences under Sections 147, 148, 149, 341, 342, 323, 379, 504, 449 and 427 of the IPC, and another from 2016 involving …
The appellants, including Gopal Upadhyay, Prabhu Nath Singh and Tutu Singh, were charged under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and several sections of the Indian Penal Code for allegedly hurling caste slurs and assaulting an informant on 10 October …
The appellants, members of the Paswan family, were charged under several IPC sections and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 for alleged trespass, assault and caste‑based abuse against a landowner on 7 November 2023. Their application for anticipatory bail …
Manoj Chaudhary was accused of murder and related offences under the IPC, Arms Act and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. He applied for anticipatory bail under Section 14A(2) of the SC/ST Act, which was rejected by the Exclusive Special Court. The appellant …
Mithilesh Kumar Yadav and his wife Sima Devi were accused of blocking a public path, assaulting Sushma Devi and her family, and using caste‑based slurs on 11‑Nov‑2024. The FIR, filed 12 days later, invoked several provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) …
The appellants, Mantu Ray and co‑accused, were charged under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for allegedly assaulting informant Mithilesh Kumar Sah and using caste‑based slurs during a dispute over two mahua trees. The prosecution alleged that the appellants …
Anand Kumar Yadav was charged under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for assaulting an informant’s family, using caste slurs, and causing injuries. He sought anticipatory bail, arguing a clean antecedent, a 23‑day delay in filing the FIR, lack of medical …
Thirteen accused persons were charged under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 for alleged assaults on members of the Dangi community in Tekari, Gaya. The Special Judge rejected their application for anticipatory bail, prompting an appeal under Section …
The appellant, Ravi Patel, was charged under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and several IPC sections for alleged caste‑based assault on a group of villagers on 22 March 2022. He applied for anticipatory bail under Section 14A(2) of the SC/ST Act, but …
The appellants, three brothers, were charged under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and several IPC provisions for allegedly forming an unlawful assembly, assaulting the wife and daughter‑in‑law of an informant, using caste‑based slurs, and forcibly taking money and jewellery. They applied …
The appellants, Jai Nandan Pal and Vinay Pal, were accused of illegally drawing electricity for irrigation and allegedly hurling caste‑based slurs at the informant when villagers objected, leading to the electrocution of the informant's minor daughter. The FIR, lodged three days after the incident, …
The appellants, Amod Rai and Prem Rai, were charged under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 for allegedly assaulting informant Babloo Paswan and his family with weapons, using caste-based slurs, and stealing gold ornaments. They sought anticipatory bail, …
The appellants, members of a family from Champapur, were charged under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and several sections of the Indian Penal Code for allegedly assaulting and verbally abusing the informant, Parma Paswan, on caste grounds. They applied for anticipatory bail, which was …
The appellant, Abhishek Kumar, was charged under several IPC provisions and Section 3(2)(V) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for allegedly establishing a physical relationship with the complainant, Monika Kumari, on the false pretext of marriage, extracting money, and abusing her caste …
The appellants, Suraj Kumar and Mahesh Mahto, were charged under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, the Arms Act and several sections of the Bihar Penal Code for allegedly opening fire at a fair on 16 January 2025 and assaulting the informant Badal Kumar. They …
The appellants, Deepak and Murari Goswami, were charged under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and several IPC provisions for allegedly abusing, assaulting, and stealing jewellery from the informant Renu Devi on 18 March 2024. The FIR was lodged sixteen days …
The appellants, a group of Yadav family members, were charged with assault, use of caste slurs, and threats of violence in a land dispute, leading to injuries to the informant and his relatives. The trial court denied their application for anticipatory bail under Section 14A(2) of the Scheduled …
The appellants, a group of Yadavs, were charged under several IPC offences and Sections 3(1)(r)(s) of the SC/ST Act for allegedly assaulting an informant, his daughter‑in‑law and using caste‑based slurs on 6 May 2024. The trial judge rejected their application for anticipatory bail. The appellants …
The appellants were accused of causing the death of an informant's father by allegedly setting up an electrified wire around a field, leading to electrocution, and of verbally abusing the informant using caste-based slurs. The Special Judge had rejected their application for anticipatory bail under …
The appellants, including Gopal Upadhyay, Prabhu Nath Singh and Tutu Singh, were charged under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and several sections of the Indian Penal Code for allegedly hurling caste slurs and assaulting an informant on 10 October …
The appellants, including Gopal Upadhyay, Prabhu Nath Singh and Tutu Singh, were charged under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and several sections of the Indian Penal Code for allegedly hurling caste slurs and assaulting an informant on 10 October …
The appellants, Ramlal Yadav and Ganesh Roy, were charged under several IPC sections and the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for alleged assault, grievous hurt, and caste-based abuse against an informant and his family. They sought anticipatory bail under Section 14A(2) of the SC/ST Act, …
The appellants, Ramjee Singh and Kundal Singh, were charged under IPC sections 341, 504, 506 and 34 and Sections 3(1)(r)(s) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for allegedly forcing entry into a house, assaulting the informant's brother and using caste-based …
The appellant, Rajmangal, was charged under several IPC sections and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for allegedly assaulting the informant Manoj Paswan after using caste-based slurs. The informant claimed the assault involved a rod, causing a head injury and …
The appellants, members of the Chaudhary family, appealed against the order of the Special Judge that denied them anticipatory bail in a case involving alleged caste-based assault, lathi beating, and theft under multiple IPC sections and the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The prosecution …
Amrish Kumar and Arun Kumar were accused of assault, robbery and caste‑based abuse under several IPC provisions and the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for an incident on 03‑05‑2024 at the informant's residence. The Special Judge rejected their application for anticipatory bail, prompting an …
The appellant, Lalbabu Yadav, was accused of assaulting an informant and his relatives over a land dispute, with allegations of caste-based abuse under the SC/ST Act. The prosecution alleged that the appellant and co‑accused attacked the informant with iron rods and a sickle, causing serious …
The appellants, members of the Mahto family, were charged under several IPC provisions and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for alleged assault, attempted murder, and outraging the modesty of an informant who had purchased land from a third party. They applied …
The appellants, Raushan Kumar and his wife Priyanka Kumari, were charged under several sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for allegedly assaulting a woman and her daughter with a lathi and stealing Rs 20,000. The trial court …
The appellants, Hare Ram Chaudhary and Ravindra Sah, were charged under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and Sections 341 and 323 of the IPC for allegedly assaulting an informant and using caste-based abusive language on 28 June 2024. They applied for …
The appellants, a group of Yadavs, were charged under IPC sections 147, 323, 504 and 506 and under Section 3(i)(r)(s) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for allegedly assaulting and abusing a person with caste-based slurs. They applied for anticipatory bail; three appellants withdrew their …
The appellants, members of the Choudhary family, were charged under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 for a violent incident that resulted in death. They sought anticipatory bail, which was initially rejected by the Additional Sessions Judge. The …
Prince Kumar Gautam was accused by Rinki Devi of assault, caste-based abuse, intimidation and theft on 16 November 2023, leading to charges under several IPC sections and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. He applied for anticipatory bail under Section …
The appellants, Vivek Kumar and Vivek Singh, were charged under several IPC sections and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for allegedly assaulting and humiliating a woman, Jyotik Ram, by using caste slurs and committing theft. They applied for anticipatory …
The appellants, Bhola Sahni, Sanja Devi, Videshi Sahni and Sima Devi, were charged under several sections of the Bihar Narcotic Substances Act and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for alleged garbage‑throwing, liquor‑selling, assault and caste‑based abuse …
The petitioners, a group of seventeen women from Kargil Tola, sought anticipatory bail fearing arrest in connection with FIR No.95 of 2025 filed under multiple IPC sections and a threat allegation under the SC/ST Act. The FIR alleged that the women, in a land‑dispute context, threatened the …
Jaicky Kumar was charged with rape and related offences under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The Exclusive Special Judge refused bail, prompting an appeal under the SC/ST Act. The appellant argued that the FIR was filed five …
Hariom Sharma was charged under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and several IPC provisions for allegedly entering into a second marriage and evicting the complainant, his first wife, using caste-based abuse. The Special Judge had refused bail, treating …
The appellant, Sonu Kumar, was charged under the SC/ST Act and several provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for allegedly abusing the complainant with caste slurs and assaulting him with an iron rod and other weapons, causing forearm fractures. The trial court refused bail, prompting an appeal …
The accused, Dr. Anand Rai, was charged under several IPC provisions and the SC/ST Act for allegedly taking part in a stone‑throwing scuffle at a public event. He sought discharge under s.227 CrPC, arguing that the SC/ST charges lacked essential ingredients such as the victim’s caste status and his …
The appellants, Baidhyanath Singh and his son Amit Kumar, appealed against the refusal of anticipatory bail in a case arising from a dispute over Rs.8.65 lakh allegedly given by the respondent, Raj Kapur Dhankar, for the purchase of land. The prosecution alleged that the appellants, who were the …
The appellants, a group of individuals including Uttam Sharma, filed a criminal appeal under Section 14-A(2) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, seeking to set aside an order dated 15 September 2025 passed by the 1st Additional Sessions …
The accused filed an application under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, seeking to quash FIR No. 23 of 2015 and the pending criminal case concerning offences under IPC, the Dowry Prohibition Act and the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The original complainant …
The State of Gujarat appealed the acquittal of Chhotalal S. Kshatriya and others for alleged assault, knife injury and caste‑based abuse of complainant Girishbhai Makwana on 25 August 2008. The trial court had found the prosecution’s evidence contradictory, lacking direct proof, and insufficient to …
Nitish Kumar was arrested in connection with a case involving alleged kidnapping, theft, murder, concealment of evidence and criminal conspiracy, as well as an alleged offence under the SC/ST Act. The exclusive special judge denied his bail application. The appellant contended that there was no …
Ramdeo Mahto was charged with murder, illegal possession of arms and an offence under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for allegedly firing on the son of an informant, resulting in his death. The trial court rejected his bail application, holding that the charge‑sheet implicated him in the …
The appellants, Sanjay Singh and Santosh Singh, were charged under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and the BNS, 2023 for allegedly abusing and threatening an informant during a land dispute. The Special Judge had refused anticipatory bail, prompting the …
The appellants, Vishwanath Kumar Singh and others, appealed against the Special Judge's refusal to grant anticipatory bail under Section 14-A(2) of the SC/ST Act in a case involving alleged caste-based assault and other offences. They argued that the notice was properly served, the complainant …
Manoj Bharti appealed against the refusal of anticipatory bail under Section 14‑A(2) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The FIR alleged that he, along with others, threatened an informant over a no‑confidence motion and later fired shots at the informant’s house, though no one was injured …
The appellant, Gope Khan, was charged under several IPC sections and the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for alleged assault and caste-based abuse. He applied for anticipatory bail, which was denied by the District and Additional Sessions Judge. The appellant contended that the notice was …
Sudhir Kumar Yadav was charged under IPC sections 379, 511, 323 and 504 and under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for alleged theft and caste‑based verbal abuse. He applied for anticipatory bail, which was rejected by the Additional District Judge‑I cum …
The appellants, eight residents of Ustu village, were charged under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and several sections of the Bihar Negotiable Instruments Act, 2023 for alleged assault and caste-based abuse during a dispute over an obscene song. The …
Chhotu Kumar was charged under several IPC sections and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for allegedly assaulting a woman, Shobha Kumari, with an iron rod and using caste-based slurs. The trial court rejected his application for anticipatory bail. Kumar …
The appellants, a group of twelve persons from Hardaspur village, were charged under several IPC sections and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for allegedly abusing and assaulting children playing music on a government platform, using caste slurs, and …
Madan Rai and Indu Devi were charged under several IPC sections and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for allegedly assaulting the informant’s minor son, abusing her with caste slurs, and stealing jewellery. They applied for anticipatory bail, which was …
The appellant Rajeev Kumar was charged under several IPC sections and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for allegedly threatening a farmer over a land dispute, including using caste-based insults. The trial court denied his prayer for anticipatory bail. The …
The appellants, three sons of Surendra Prasad, were accused of assaulting the informant's grandmother during a land dispute, resulting in her death. The informant alleged that the appellants were cutting soil from his land and, when confronted, assaulted his grandmother. The appellants, who have …
The appellants, Aslam Khan, Kaushar Khatoon and Alam Mian, were charged under several IPC offences and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for alleged assault, caste‑based abuse and damage to crops in a land‑dispute with the informant Lalan Choudhary. The Special …
Guddu Kumar appealed against the Special Judge's order rejecting his anticipatory bail under Section 14A(2) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The prosecution alleged that Kumar and others assaulted a fast‑food shop owner, used caste‑based abuse, and outraged the modesty of female family …
Manish Yadav appealed against the refusal of anticipatory bail in a case registered under Sections 115(2), 69, 89, 352 and 351(2) of the Bihar Negotiable Sale Act and Sections 3(i)(w) and 3(ii)(v‑a) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The informant alleged …
The appellant, Ravi Ranjan Kumar, was charged under several IPC sections and Sections 3(i)(r)(s) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for allegedly assaulting a complainant and stealing a vehicle key and money. He sought anticipatory bail, which was denied by the Special Judge. The appellant …
The appellant Karu Kumar appealed against his conviction for rape, wrongful restraint and causing hurt under IPC sections 376, 341 and 323, and for offences under section 3(i)(xi) of the SC/ST Act. He sought bail under Section 389(1) of the CrPC and suspension of his sentence, arguing that the …
Sakuntla Devi, a Scheduled Caste woman, appealed against the refusal of anticipatory bail in a case where she was charged under several IPC sections and the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for allegedly abusing and snatching the mobile of an Assistant Settlement Officer. She contended that the …
The appellant, Sandeep Yadav, was charged under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, IPC and IT Act for alleged rape, robbery and related offences, based on the victim's claim that she was assaulted, filmed and threatened. The appellant contended he had a clean record, that the allegations were …
The appellants Manoj, Harishchandra and Sunil Thakur were charged under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and several IPC sections for allegedly threatening a complainant over a land dispute involving a temple for Scheduled Castes and Tribes. The trial court took cognizance of the offences …
The appellants Raj Kumar Mahto, Om Prakash Mahto and Ravindra Mishra were charged in a 2018 complaint case for the death of Mahadeo Mahto, a Scheduled Caste wage‑labourer, alleging they killed him by a tractor over a wage dispute. The Sessions Judge took cognizance under IPC sections 341, 323, 406 …
The appellant, Rakesh Kumar, filed a criminal appeal under Section 14‑A(2) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, challenging an order dated 19‑06‑2025 passed by the Exclusive Special Judge, SC/ST (POA) Act, Nawada. While the appeal was pending, the …
The appellants, Basant Singh and Manoj Singh, appealed under Section 14‑A(2) of the SC/ST Act against the refusal of anticipatory bail in a case alleging they lured a woman with a job promise, extorted Rs 1 lakh, and threatened to release a compromising video. The FIR, filed more than a year after …
The appellant, Neeraj Shital Shah, appealed against an order granting interim relief in a case under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. The FIR alleged that the alleged offence occurred inside the appellant's cabin and was not heard by anyone else, i.e., …
The petitioner, Vikas Kumar, was charged in a 2022 case for murder, concealment of dead body, rape and criminal conspiracy under Sections 302, 201, 376 and 34 of the IPC, as well as offences under the SC/ST Act and the POCSO Act. The prosecution alleged that the petitioner was involved in the …
The appellants, Abhijeet Kumar Singh and Dilip Singh, were charged under multiple sections of the Bihar Narcotic Substances Act and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for allegedly fleeing a police check, driving at high speed, attempting to crush an informant, …
The appellant, Hamid Ansari, was charged under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and several provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for allegedly participating in a mob assault that resulted in the death of the complainant’s brother. The Additional Sessions Judge had refused bail, …
The appellant filed an interlocutory application seeking condonation of a 565‑day delay in filing an appeal under Section 14A of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The appeal concerned a second attempt to obtain anticipatory bail after an earlier refusal. The …
Mukeshji Ataji Thakor was convicted of kidnapping, rape, and sexual assault of a 17‑year‑old girl belonging to a Scheduled Caste, and was sentenced to life imprisonment under Section 3(ii)(v) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act along with other IPC and POCSO offences. The appellant appealed, …
The appellants, including Ganauri Mahto and his sons, were charged under several IPC sections and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for allegedly assaulting and causing the death of an informant's father while using caste-based slurs. They applied for …
The appellants, including Ganauri Mahto and his sons, were charged under several IPC sections and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for allegedly assaulting and causing the death of an informant's father while using caste-based slurs. They applied for …
The appellants, including Ganauri Mahto and his sons, were charged under several IPC sections (147, 148, 149, 341, 323, 448, 302, 504, 506) and sections 3(i)(r)(s) and 3(2)(va) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for allegedly assaulting the father of an informant and causing his death. They …
Mahendra Chauhan appealed to the Patna High Court seeking anticipatory bail after a Special Judge had rejected his bail application in a case involving offences under Sections 353, 504, 506 of the IPC and Section 3(i)(r)(s) of the SC/ST Act. The State argued that the lower court had already taken …
The appellant, Ravi Kumar, was charged with multiple offences under the Indian Penal Code and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act in a case arising from an alleged assault and robbery on 06.01.2024. He applied for anticipatory bail, which was denied by the 1st …
The petitioners, Ashish Kumar and others, filed a quashing application challenging an order arising from a 2017 case in Munger. The court examined whether the quashing application was maintainable. It held that the application was not maintainable and directed the petitioners to convert it into an …
The appellants, Pavitra Singh and Roshan Kumar Singh, were charged under several sections of the Bihar Negotiable Instruments Act and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for allegedly attacking police officials during a raid. The Special Judge had denied bail, …
The appellant, Ravi Srivastava, was charged with murder, criminal conspiracy and a scheduled caste/tribe atrocity for the death of an informant's grandson. The prosecution's case was based solely on the informant's allegation, with no eye‑witness testimony linking the appellant to the killing, and …
The appellants, Salimul Haque and Md Ashif Nasim, were charged under several provisions of the Bihar Negotiable Substances Act, 2023 and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 for allegedly assaulting the husband of the informant and using caste-based slurs. …
The appellants Mahendra Sharma, Jitan Sharma and Krishan Nandan Sharma appealed against a Special Judge's order dated 13 May 2022 that took cognizance of offences under the IPC and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The appeal was filed on 11 August 2022, i.e., …
The appellants, Lalit Kumar and Jitendra Kumar, were charged under several IPC sections and the SC/ST Act for allegedly demolishing a hut, looting property, and threatening a woman with caste-based abuse in a land dispute. They sought anticipatory bail, which was denied by the Special Judge, …
The appellants, Ajay Mandal and Shiv Dayal Singh, were charged under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and several IPC offences for allegedly assaulting a woman and her husband during a land‑boundary dispute. The Special Judge had refused their prayer for anticipatory bail on 15‑02‑2025. The …
The appellants, four residents of Sultanpur, were charged under several provisions of the Bihar Non‑Specific Statutes (BNS) 2023 and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 for allegedly firing at a house following a children’s dispute. They applied for …
The appellants, four Yadavs from Karwayan village, were charged under several sections of the BNS, 2023 and Sections 3(1)(r) and 3(1)(s) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for allegedly assaulting an informant at his house. The Special Judge refused …
The appellant, Sonu Kumar, was convicted in a 2021 case for assault with an iron rod, knife, and pistol, charged under multiple IPC sections, the Arms Act and the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. He appealed the Additional Sessions Judge's order rejecting his bail, claiming he was falsely …
The appellants Ramesh Prasad Sinha, Punam Devi and Atul Kumar Sinha appealed against the refusal of anticipatory bail in a case filed under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, the Indian Penal Code and the Dowry Prohibition Act. The informant, Jyoti Kumari, alleged caste‑based abuse, …
The appellants, Uday Shankar Yadav and Guddu Kumar Yadav, were charged under several IPC sections and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act in connection with a land‑dispute‑related altercation. The trial court refused their prayer for anticipatory bail on …
The appellant, Dinesh Sao, was charged under several IPC provisions and Sections 3(1)(r)(s) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for allegedly assaulting and extorting a landowner during a dispute over a boundary wall that was being demolished with a JCB. The informant claimed that the …
Munna Singh (Sanjay Kumar Singh) appealed against the refusal of anticipatory bail in a case registered under Sections 448, 341, 323, 354B, 427/34 of the IPC and Sections 3(1)(r)(s)(h) of the SC/ST Act. The FIR alleged that the appellant, while intoxicated, entered the complainant’s house, used …
The applicants sought quashing of FIR No. 561/2025 registered for alleged trespass and offences under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 and the SC/ST Act, claiming the allegations were false and that a civil suit over the property was pending. The State argued that the FIR disclosed all …
The appellants, eight individuals from Dogachhi village, were charged under several IPC sections and the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for allegedly setting fire to an informant's hut. They contended that the allegations were false, arising from a land dispute, and that they had previously …
The appellants, Md. Sadique and Jawed, appealed under Section 14‑A(2) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act against the refusal of anticipatory bail by the Special Judge in a case involving alleged offences under the IPC and the SC/ST Act. The informant alleged that the accused forcibly …
The appeal was filed by two accused under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 against the refusal of bail by the Special Judge in Buxar. The FIR alleged that the accused, armed with lathis, assaulted the complainant causing bleeding injuries and charges …
The appellant, Raphik Ansari, was charged under several provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 for alleged assault and related offences in a case registered as Kateya P.S. Case No. 209 of 2025. The trial court …
The appeal was filed by Kiran Devi under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 against the refusal of bail by the Exclusive Special Judge in a case arising from the death of the complainant’s husband in a vehicular accident. The prosecution alleged that the …
Paddu Yadav appealed to the Patna High Court against the trial court's refusal to grant bail in a case under the SC/ST Act and IPC offences of murder, abetment of suicide and criminal conspiracy. The appellant argued that his bail had been repeatedly cancelled despite his claim of non‑appearance due …
The appellant, Sandeep Kumar, was charged with kidnapping the daughter of an informant under Sections 137 and 87 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Section 3(i)(r)(s) of the SC/ST Act. The Additional Sessions Judge had denied bail, citing the seriousness of the offences. On appeal, the …
Ritik Roshan was charged under several sections of the Bihar Penal Code (BNS) and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for allegedly abusing a neighbour with caste slurs and threatening to kill him. The Additional Sessions Judge had rejected his application for …
The appellants – Ram Bachan Singh, Sachchan Singh and Kanhaiya Singh – sought pre‑arrest bail in a criminal appeal arising from offences alleged under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The State, represented by the Special Public Prosecutor, contended that the …
The appellant, Ambuj Kumar, was charged with murder, attempt to murder, conspiracy, and offences under the Arms Act and the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act arising from a shooting incident in Majorganj. The trial court denied bail, relying on the identification of the appellant by a witness who …
The appellants, Bablu Sah and three others, were charged under several IPC offences and Section 3(1)(v) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for allegedly assaulting an informant and his companions and stealing money and a mobile phone. They applied for …
The appellants filed an appeal under Section 14‑A(2) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act seeking anticipatory bail after a Special Judge refused it in connection with FIR No.19‑2023 alleging fraud, cheating, and caste‑based harassment. The prosecution alleged that the accused had set up a …
The appellant, Raushan Kumar, appealed under Section 14-A(2) of the SC/ST Act against the trial court’s refusal to grant anticipatory bail in a case involving alleged caste-based assault and robbery. He claimed a clean antecedent and argued that the FIR was filed 11 days after the incident, …
The appellants, Suraj Patel and Dharmendra Patel, appealed to the Patna High Court against the refusal of anticipatory bail under Section 14A(2) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. They contended that they have clean antecedents and were falsely …
The appellant, Sarjun Yadav, appealed under Section 14(A)(2) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act against a lower court order refusing anticipatory bail in a case involving alleged assault and caste-based abuse. The appellant argued that he was falsely …
The appellants appealed under Section 14‑A(2) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act against the refusal of anticipatory bail in a case involving alleged caste‑based assault, robbery and injury. The informant alleged that on 22‑02‑2025 the appellants, along with …
The appellants, Saroj Mahto and Hira Matho, appealed under Section 14‑A(2) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act against the refusal of anticipatory bail by the Additional Sessions Judge. They alleged that the informant’s FIR, filed two days after the alleged …
The appellants, Ramashish Sah and Dinesh Prasad, appealed under Section 14(A)(2) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act against the refusal of anticipatory bail by the Additional Sessions Judge. They contended that they were falsely implicated in a dispute over …
The appellants, three residents of Gorhiyari Saidpur, were charged under several IPC offences and sections of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. After a superficial police investigation, the police submitted a final report exonerating them, but the …
Manshi Manjhi filed an application seeking cancellation of the anticipatory bail that had been granted to Deepak Srivastav, Kishu Kumar and Nilam Devi under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The bail had been ordered by the Additional District and Sessions …
The appellant, Chhotelal Kumar, was charged under multiple provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Arms Act and several sections of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for alleged participation in a violent attack on a Dalit settlement. The trial court refused bail, prompting an appeal …
The appellants, five residents of Bahadurpur village, were charged under several IPC sections and the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for allegedly assaulting an informant over a credit chicken dispute and extorting Rs.30,000. They applied for anticipatory bail, which was rejected by the …
The appellants were charged under IPC sections 341, 323, 379, 504/34 and Section 3(1)(r)(s) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for allegedly abusing an informant by caste name, assaulting him with fists, a lathi and slaps, and stealing Rs.2,000. They sought anticipatory bail, which the …
Mahesh Mandal appealed against the refusal of bail granted by the ADJ Special Court under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act in connection with a murder case where the complainant's husband was allegedly shot on Mandal's orders. The prosecution alleged that Mandal ordered the firing that …
The appellants Moti Mahto and Shivpujan Mahto filed an anticipatory bail appeal against a Special Judge's order rejecting bail under the SC/ST Act in a case involving alleged casteist abuse, assault, and theft. Appellant No. 2 withdrew his part of the appeal after being arrested, and the court …
The appellants Bhawan Yadav and Guddu Sao were charged under several IPC sections and the SC/ST Act for allegedly trespassing, verbally abusing with casteist slurs, assaulting an informant and disrobing his wife on 8 August 2023. They contended that the case was false, arising from a neighbour …
The appellants Sujeet Kumar, Sonu Kumar and Chandan Kumar were charged under IPC sections 341, 323, 504, 506, 34 and Sections 3(1)(r)(s) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for allegedly assaulting an informant with sticks and iron rods and using caste slurs. They applied for anticipatory …
The appellants Sunil Rai, Kamlesh Rai and Anil Rai appealed against a Special Judge's order rejecting their anticipatory bail applications in a case registered under IPC sections 341, 323, 504, 34 and SC/ST Act section 3(i)(x). The High Court examined whether the appeal was maintainable given that …
The appellant, Rishu Kumar, was charged with murder and related offences under Sections 147, 148, 149, 341, 323, 302 and 504 of the IPC and Sections 3(i)(r)(s) and 3(2)(v) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for the death of the informant's son, Niranjan Kumar, who was allegedly assaulted by …
The petitioners, Santosh Mandal and Phoolwati Devi, parents of a minor accused of attempted rape, feared arrest in a case registered under multiple provisions of the BNS, the POCSO Act and the SC/ST Act. They contended that they were falsely implicated solely because of their relationship to the …
Ramchandra Chaudhary appealed against the rejection of his anticipatory bail application in a case under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, where he was alleged to have participated in an assault that led to the death of the informant's father. The appellant …
The appellants, Ramadhar Madeshiya and his wife Binda Devi, appealed against the refusal of anticipatory bail in a case involving alleged assaults on an informant and his family, charged under several sections of the Bihar National Security Act, 2023 and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes …
The appellant, Bhim Yadav, was charged under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and related provisions for the alleged assault and death of his father. The informant’s FIR named other accused, and the wife of the deceased did not identify the appellant as …
The appellant, Pankaj Kumar, was implicated in a murder case registered under Sections 103(1) and 3(5) of the Bihar Negotiable Sale (BNSS) Act and Sections 3(2)(v) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. He applied for anticipatory bail, which was denied by the …
The appellants appealed under Section 14‑A(2) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 against the Special Judge’s refusal to grant anticipatory bail in a case involving multiple offences under the IPC and the SC/ST Act. They contended that the FIR contained …
Petitioner Subodh Kumar filed an application in the Patna High Court seeking cancellation of the provisional bail granted to opposite party No.2, Kanhaiya Ram, by the Special Judge under the SC/ST Act. The petitioner alleged that the bail should be revoked due to suppression of facts and threats to …
The appellant, Upendra Ravat, was charged under several provisions of the Bihar Negotiable Instruments Act, 2023 and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 for allegedly assaulting the son of an informant, causing multiple injuries, including one grievous …
Lal Bihari Yadav was arrested in connection with a case alleging that he entered a woman's house demanding cash for liquor, attempted to molest a minor sister‑in‑law, and committed offences under the Bihar Narcotic Substances Act, the POCSO Act and the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The …
Satish Kumar Gautam was charged under several IPC provisions and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for allegedly assaulting and humiliating a woman named Rinku Devi. The trial court rejected his bail application, but the appellant appealed under Section …
The appellant, Raja Kumar, was charged under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and IPC sections 137(2) and 140(1) for allegedly abducting a man with a gun. He contended that his involvement was based solely on a co‑accused’s confessional statement and …
The appellant, Shree Bhagwan Mahto, was charged under several sections of the Bihar Penal Code and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 for allegedly assaulting and spitting on an informant while using caste-based slurs. The informant claimed the assault …
The appellants, Lalo and Laltu Yadav, were charged under several IPC offences and sections of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for allegedly assaulting a woman who objected to a fence construction on her land. The trial court rejected their bail application, …
The appellant, Praveen Kumar, appealed against the denial of bail in a case involving charges under IPC sections 302, 201, 34 and Section 3(2)(v) of the SC/ST Act. The High Court noted that the appellant had been in custody since 27 April 2024 and that only three of seven witnesses had been …
The State appealed the acquittal of Chandubhai Sendabhai Patani under Section 378 of the Cr.P.C., challenging his discharge from charges of kidnapping, kidnapping for ransom, rape (IPC ss. 363, 366, 376) and offences under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The trial court had found that the …
The appellant, Shiv Sagar Tiwari, was convicted in a lower court for assault, firing a weapon, and alleged caste slur under several sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, and his bail application was rejected on 13‑06‑2025. He …
Lala Yadav appealed to the Patna High Court under Section 14‑A(2) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act seeking anticipatory bail after a Special Judge had refused it. The appellant claimed a clean record and argued that the FIR allegations of assault and …
The appellants appealed under Section 14(A)(2) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act against a lower court order refusing anticipatory bail in a case involving alleged assault at the informant's house. Appellant No.1 (Binod Kumar) withdrew his part of the appeal, which the court allowed, …
Uttam Kumar and Gautam Kumar were charged under several IPC offences and provisions of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act in a case registered at Gaya. During investigation they received a notice under Section 41A of the CrPC, cooperated fully and were not arrested, yet a charge‑sheet was …
The appellant, Chitranjan Pandey, appealed to the Patna High Court against an order dated 28‑08‑2025 that denied his anticipatory bail. The trial court had recorded the appellant as one of the assailants in a case involving offences under sections 126(2), 115(2), 109, 103(1), 351(2) and 3(5) of the …
The High Court considered an anticipatory bail application under Section 438 of the CrPC filed by Nilesh Sunil Burade, who was implicated in a FIR alleging offences including cheating, criminal breach of trust, assault, extortion, caste-based harassment, money‑lending violations and offences under …
The petitioner, Md. Imtiyaz Alam, was arrested in connection with a case alleging that he assaulted a girl while she was feeding cows, biting her lips and neck, and forcibly removing her clothing. The prosecution cited the victim’s medical report showing bite marks and charged the petitioner under …
Harendra Singh filed an application seeking to quash the cognizance order dated 24‑10‑2021 in CIS No. 373 of 2019 under the SC/ST Act. He later approached the Patna High Court requesting permission to withdraw that application. The Court, after hearing counsel, granted the petitioner's request, …
The appellant was convicted under the IPC, SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and the POCSO Act for raping an 11‑year‑old girl belonging to a Scheduled Tribe. The prosecution relied on the child’s testimony, medical examination showing hymen rupture and a vaginal wall tear, and forensic evidence …
The appellant, Mahi Yadav, was charged under several IPC offences and provisions of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for an alleged caste‑based assault on 8 January 2024. The FIR was lodged ten days later, and the appellant contended that the delay and the nature of the allegations indicated …
The appellants, a group of brothers and a sister from Dharampur, were charged under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and several IPC sections for alleged assault with weapons at the informant's house. They contended that the allegations were false, that the injuries were caused by blunt …
The appellants Sudama, Krishna and Dhirendra Yadav appealed under Section 14‑A(2) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act against a refusal of anticipatory bail. The informant alleged that the accused assaulted him and his brother over a land dispute, with claims of caste‑based abuse. The …
Gauri Shankar Ray, a 70‑year‑old member of a Scheduled Caste, was charged under IPC sections 341, 323, 504 and 506 and Section 3(1)(r)(s) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act for allegedly assaulting the son of an informant. The police, invoking Section 41A of the Cr.P.C., did not arrest him …
The appellants were charged under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and several sections of the Bihar Negotiable Sale Act for allegedly assaulting an informant, abusing his caste, and stealing a locket while a land dispute was in progress. They filed an …
The appellants filed a criminal appeal seeking to quash an FIR registered under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. While the appeal was pending, the investigation was completed, a charge‑sheet was filed and the trial court took cognizance of the offence. The …
The appellant Govind Mandavi was convicted for murder under IPC s.302 r/w s.34 and for an offence under the SC/ST Act based on the testimony of the deceased's wife (PW‑2) and her father‑in‑law (PW‑1), who identified the accused after a delayed statement and a Test Identification Parade (TIP). The …
The appellant, Geeta, was convicted under Section 306 of the IPC for allegedly abetting the suicide of her neighbour, Sarika, who set herself on fire after a series of verbal and physical altercations. The trial court held that Geeta's abusive language and the involvement of her family created a …
The case arose from an FIR filed by Kiran, a member of the Scheduled Caste ‘Mang’, alleging that Rajkumar Jain and others assaulted him, his mother and aunt with an iron rod, used caste‑based slurs and threatened to burn their house after he voted against a candidate. The accused sought anticipatory …
The appellant was convicted under several provisions of the IPC, the POCSO Act and the SC/ST Atrocities Act and sentenced to a maximum of four years’ rigorous imprisonment, to run concurrently. While his appeal against conviction was pending before the Allahabad High Court, he filed an application …
The State of Andhra Pradesh appealed against a High Court order that granted anticipatory bail to N. Sanjay, an IPS officer who was Additional Director General of Police, CID, and Director General of the State Disaster Response and Fire Services, alleging misappropriation of public funds through …
The appellant Raju was convicted of kidnapping, gang rape and wrongful confinement under IPC sections 366, 376(2)(g) and 342, and of an offence under the SC/ST Act 3(2)(v). The prosecution relied primarily on the uncorroborated but consistent testimony of the prosecutrix, who described being …
The case concerns the honour killing of a Dalit boy, Murugesan, and his Vanniyar bride, Kannagi, in 2003. Police officers Sub‑Inspector K.P. Tamilmaran (A‑14) and Inspector M. Sellamuthu (A‑15) failed to register an FIR despite being informed of the murders and later fabricated evidence to implicate …
The appellant was convicted under the POCSO Act and IPC for penetrative sexual assault on a four‑year‑old girl and sentenced to seven years' rigorous imprisonment. In his appeal against conviction, the High Court affirmed the conviction but, finding that the trial court had overlooked aggravated …
The petitioner N. Eswaranathan, convicted of several offences, filed a first Special Leave Petition (SLP) which was dismissed by the Supreme Court with an order to surrender. He subsequently filed a second SLP on the same grounds, with the same Advocate-on-Record (AOR) P. Soma Sundaram and counsel …
The appellant Karuppudayar was charged under Sections 294(b) and 353 IPC read with Sections 3(1)(r) and 3(1)(s) of the SC‑ST Act for allegedly insulting a revenue inspector in his office. The High Court dismissed the appellant's petitions under Section 482 CrPC seeking quash of the proceedings, …
The appellant, Manish Yadav, was charged under the IPC for rape, assault and criminal intimidation and under the SC/ST Act for caste-based atrocities, based on allegations that he induced a consensual relationship through a false promise of marriage and later abused the complainant. The …
The appellant was accused of raping and murdering a ten‑year‑old girl in 2009, with the prosecution relying primarily on the testimony of the victim's seven‑year‑old cousin and recovered clothing items. The trial court convicted him under IPC sections 376, 302, 201 and the SC/ST Act, imposing the …
