Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, Criminal Miscellaneous No.33075 of 2026, order dated 09-07-2026, Praveen Kumar, J. Lal Babu Pandey & Ors. v. The State of Bihar (arising out of PS Case No. 53 of 2021, SC/ST police station, Samastipur). Petitioners challenged the order dated 25.08.2025 of the learned Special Judge (S.C./S.T. Act), Samastipur rejecting their discharge petition in Trial No. 1596 of 2025. The Court held that an appeal under Section 14A(1) of the SC/ST Act would lie against such an order and directed conversion of the application into a Cr. Appeal (SJ), granting four weeks' time, with the Office to co-operate in the conversion. Keywords: SC/ST Act Section 14A(1), rejection of discharge, conversion to Cr. Appeal (SJ), maintainability of remedy, Special Judge Samastipur.
What did the court decide?
Four weeks' time granted to the petitioners to convert the Criminal Miscellaneous application into one as Cr. Appeal (SJ); Office directed to co-operate with learned counsel for the petitioners in the conversion.