Patna High Court

Niraj Singh @ Niraj Kumar SinghversusThe State of Bihar

Decided: 22 June 2026
Disposal: CONVERTED
Bench: PRAVEEN KUMAR

Holding

The Court allowed the conversion of the petition into a criminal appeal under Section 14(A)(1) of the SC/ST Act.

Summary

The petitioners, Niraj Singh and others, filed a petition before the Patna High Court seeking relief against the State of Bihar. Their counsel, Mr. Vijay Kumar Singh, requested that the petition be converted into a criminal appeal under Section 14(A)(1) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The Court, after hearing the counsel, permitted the conversion of the petition into a criminal appeal within a two‑week period. It also directed the office to extend full cooperation for the conversion process. No substantive merits of the underlying criminal matter were addressed in this order.

Issues considered

Whether a petition can be converted into a criminal appeal under Section 14(A)(1) of the SC/ST Act

Legislation cited

Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act — s. 14(A)(1)

Subjects

conversion of petition
criminal appeal
SC/ST Act
Section 14A
procedural law

Judgment

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                              CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.74387 of 2025
                    Arising Out of PS. Case No.-34 Year-2023 Thana- UCHKAGAON District- Gopalganj
                 ======================================================
                 Niraj Singh @ Niraj Kumar Singh and Ors.

                                                                                 ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                       Versus
                 The State of Bihar and Anr.

                                                        ... ... Opposite Party/s
                 ======================================================
                 Appearance :
                 For the Petitioner/s     :      Mr. Vijay Kumar Singh, Advocate
                 For the Opposite Party/s :      Mr. Sadanand Paswan, APP
                 ======================================================
                 CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRAVEEN KUMAR
                                       ORAL ORDER

3   22-06-2026                    Learned counsel for the petitioners prays for and is

                   permitted to convert the present petition into a Criminal Appeal

                   (SJ) as provided under Section 14 (A) (1) of the SC/ST Act

                   within two weeks.

                                2. Office is directed to extend all cooperation towards

                   conversion.



                                              (Praveen Kumar, J)
Abdus/-

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