Patna High Court
Akhilesh Yadav@Akhilesh KumarversusThe State Of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- ALLOWED
- Bench
- SATYAVRAT VERMA
Holding
The order refusing anticipatory bail is set aside and the appellants are granted anticipatory bail subject to conditions.
Summary
The appellants, Akhilesh Yadav and his wife, appealed under Section 14‑A(2) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act against the refusal of anticipatory bail in a case involving alleged assault, caste abuse, and theft under several IPC sections and provisions of the SC/ST Act. They argued that the allegations were false, stemming from a domestic dispute between the informant and her husband, who was residing as a tenant in the appellants' house. The State opposed the bail, maintaining that the offences were cognizable and warranted detention. The High Court examined the submissions, noted the lack of substantive evidence and the possibility of false implication, and set aside the lower court’s order refusing bail. It granted anticipatory bail subject to a bond of Rs 5,000 with two sureties and conditions under Section 482(2) of the CrPC. Consequently, the appeal was allowed.
Issues considered
- Whether anticipatory bail should be granted under Section 14‑A(2) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act in the present facts.
- Whether the allegations constitute offences under the IPC and SC/ST Act warranting denial of bail.
- Whether the appellants have been falsely implicated in the case.
Legislation cited
- Code of Criminal Procedure — s. 482(2)
- Indian Penal Code — s. 323, 34, 341, 379, 504, 506
- Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 — s. 14-A(2), 3(1)(r), 3(1)(s), 3(2)(va)
Subjects
- anticipatory bail
- SC/ST Act
- false implication
- assault
- caste based violence
- IPC offences
- CrPC Section 482
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL APPEAL (SJ) No.2359 of 2024
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-147 Year-2024 Thana- RAFIGANJ District- Aurangabad
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1. Akhilesh Yadav@Akhilesh Kumar Son of Late Sukhdev Yadav R/O
VILLAGE- CHARKAWAN, NICHALI DIH, P.S.- RAFIGANJ DISTRICT-
AURANGABAD, BIHAR
2. Reeta Devi@Rita Devi W/O Akhilesh Yadav R/O VILLAGE-
CHARKAWAN, NICHALI DIH, P.S.- RAFIGANJ DISTRICT-
AURANGABAD, BIHAR
... ... Appellant/s
Versus
1. The State Of Bihar
2. Lalti Devi W/O Sadanand Ram R/O VILLAGE- CHARKAWAN, NICHALI
DIH, P.S.- RAFIGANJ DISTRICT- AURANGABAD, BIHAR
... ... Respondent/s
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Appearance :
For the Appellant/s : Mr. Lalbahadur Singh, Advocate
For the Respondent/s : Mr. Binay Krishna, APP
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA
ORAL ORDER
4 25-03-2026 1. Heard learned counsel for the appellants and
learned Spl. P.P. for the State.
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 02.05.2024 in A.B.P. No. 772 of 2024 passed by the
learned 1st Additional Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge
S.C./S.T. (POA) Act, Aurangabad in connection with Rafiganj
P.S. Case No. 147 of 2024 registered for the offences punishable
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under Sections 341, 323, 379, 504, 506 and 34 of the Indian
Penal Code as well as Sections 3(1)(r), 3(1)(s) and 3(2)(va) of
the SC/ST Act.
3. Learned counsel for the appellants submits that
from perusal of the office report dated 18.03.2026, it would
manifest that the ordinary notice has been validly served on the
respondent no. 2, but then no one appears on behalf of the
respondent no. 2 to contest the case.
4. Learned counsel for the appellants submits that
the appellants are persons with clean antecedent and appellant
no. 2 is a woman and the informant alleges that her husband,
Sadanand, lives separately from her in the house of Akhilesh on
rent, further her daughter had gone to the house of Akhilesh for
asking money from their father, but money was not given, thus,
the daughters came back, thereafter, Akhilesh, his wife and
brother of his wife came on 09.04.2024 at 08:00 AM to her
house and assaulted her and her daughters and abused by taking
caste name and tore cloths of her daughter and brother-in-law of
Akhilesh took earrings of her daughter and also took away Rs.
20,000/- from the shop.
5. The learned counsel for the appellants submits
that appellants have been falsely implicated in the instant case.
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It is next submitted that husband of the informant is staying in
the house of appellant no. 1 on rent and appellant no. 2 is wife
of appellant no. 1. It is next submitted that from perusal of the
allegation as alleged in the FIR, it would manifest that the
dispute is in between the informant and her husband. It is also
submitted that it absolutely does not stand to reason that as to
why the appellants would have come to the house of the
informant for committing the occurrence. It is next submitted
that since husband of the informant is staying in the house of the
appellant no. 1, as such, the informant instituted the instant case
with false allegations so that appellants are pressurized to oust
her husband from the house. It is next submitted that even
presuming what has been alleged is true without admitting, then
the entire occurrence took place inside the house of the
informant and thus was not in public view. It is further
submitted that as far as allegation of snatching earring and Rs.
20,000/-, tearing cloths and assault is alleged, the same is
ornamental and exaggerated.
6. Learned Spl. P.P. for the State opposes the
appeal.
7. In view of the submissions made by the learned
counsel for the appellants, the order dated 02.05.2024 in A.B.P.
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No. 772 of 2024 passed by the learned 1st Additional Sessions
Judge-cum-Special Judge S.C./S.T. (POA) Act, Aurangabad in
connection with Rafiganj P.S. Case No. 147 of 2024, is hereby
set aside and the appellants above-named, in the event of their
arrest or surrender within a period of six weeks from today, be
released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.
5,000/- (Rupees Five Thousand) each with two sureties of the
like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court below
where the case is pending/successor court in connection with
Rafiganj P.S. Case No. 147 of 2024 subject to the conditions as
laid down under Section 482 (2) of the BNSS.
8. Accordingly, the appeal stands allowed.
(Satyavrat Verma, J)
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