MITHILESH KUMAR SINGH Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND

JUDGEMENT

(1.) HEARD the learned counsel appearing for the parties and perused the documents on record.

(2.) THE applicant is apprehending his arrest in connection with SC/ST P.S. Case No. 17 of 2013 corresponding to G.R. No. 3311 of 2013 registered under Sections 3(1)(x) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.

(3.) MR . Sunil Kumar, the learned counsel has appeared for opposite party no. 2. He relies on a decision of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in "Vilas Pandurang Pawar v. State of Maharashtra", reported in : (2012) 8 SCC 795 and submits that there is a specific bar under Section 18 of the SC/ST Act and therefore, the present anticipatory bail application cannot be entertained by this Court. He relies on paragraph no. 10 and 13 of the said judgment which is extracted below: