High Court of Judicature at Patna, Criminal Appeal (SJ) No.1586 of 2025 (decided 19-08-2025, Alok Kumar Pandey, J, oral judgment, NAFR). The appellants, described in ¶2 as preferring an application for quashing, challenged the order dated 28.01.2025 of the Learned Exclusive Special Judge, SC/ST (P.O.A) Act, Patna, in Special (SC/ST) Case No. 772 of 2017 (SC/ST P.S. Case No. 26 of 2017), rejecting their discharge petition dated 03.05.2023. The FIR of 09.11.2017 alleged encroachment upon the informant Munni Lal Paswan's remaining land, abuse by calling caste name, fist assault, taking of Rs. 5000 from his pocket and snatching of his gold chain; the case stood registered under Sections 448, 341, 323, 379, 504/34 IPC and 3(1)(r), 3(1)(g), 3(1)(z) of the SC/ST Act, with charge-sheet and cognizance under the said sections and Section 164 Cr.P.C. witness statements cited. The defence argued the impugned order was illegal, the allegations ornamental and no case made out under Section 3(1)(r)(s)/3(2)(v); the State and informant relied on the specific allegations and materials collected. Holding that the impugned order had been passed with due application of mind on the charge-sheet and case diary after finding a prima facie case on the FIR accusations, the Court declined to interfere and dismissed the appeal at the admission stage itself.
