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Andhra Pradesh High Court:<\/span> In the present case, a reference was made by the Single Judge, while considering the anticipatory bail applications. One of the questions that arose for adjudication was regarding maintainability of anticipatory bail applications, in cases where alleged offences did not attract the provisions of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989<\/a> (‘SC\/ST Act’).<\/p>\n

The Division Bench of K. Suresh Reddy*<\/span> and V. Sujatha, JJ., held that if prima facie case is not made out under the provisions of the SC\/ST Act, then the application for anticipatory bail made under Section 438<\/a> of Criminal Procedure Code, 1973<\/a> (‘CrPC’) is maintainable only before the High Court and not before the Special Court or Exclusive Special Court constituted under the SC\/ST Act. Further, the Court opined that the High Court shall retain its concurrent as well as original jurisdiction under Section 438<\/a> CrPC<\/a> and under Section 14-A<\/a> of the SC\/ST Act<\/a> when no prima facie case is made out. Hence, the Court directed the case to be placed before an appropriate Bench for adjudication in accordance with law.<\/p>\n

Background<\/h3>\n

Certain criminal petitions were listed before a Single Judge Bench of the present Court wherein a preliminary objection regarding the maintainability of the petition was raised. It was contended that the Section 14-A(2)<\/a> of the SC\/ST Act<\/a> puts an embargo on the High Court from hearing the anticipatory bail application under Section 438<\/a> of CrPC<\/a>.<\/p>\n

During the course of hearing, the Single Judge expressed his view contrary to the view taken in the various judgments of the present Court, wherein the High Court refrained from exercising its original jurisdiction to entertain such applications under provisions of SC\/ST Act. Therefore, in the light of the divergent opinions of the co-ordinate Single Benches of the present Court, the matter was placed before the Chief Justice with a request to refer the matter to the Division Bench to resolve the above issues. Consequently, the Chief Justice constituted the instant Bench to decide the following issues.<\/p>\n

Analysis and Decision<\/h3>\n

Issue 1: Whether anticipatory bail application is maintainable exclusively before Special Court or the Exclusive Special Court, when the alleged offence does not attract the provisions of the SC\/ST Act?<\/p>\n

Section 18<\/a> and 18-A<\/a> of the SC\/ST Act<\/a> puts a bar on the Courts from hearing the anticipatory bail when an offence is registered under the said Act. The Court pointed out that in the judgment of Prathvi Raj Chauhan<\/span> v. Union of India<\/span>, (2020) 4 SCC 727<\/a> the Supreme Court had clearly stated that when the prima facie case is not made out under the Section 18 and 18-A<\/a> of the SC\/ST Act<\/a> then the accused can approach the High Court under Section 438<\/a> of CrPC<\/a> seeking the anticipatory bail. However, once the prima facie case is made out, the bar created under Section 18<\/a> and 18-A<\/a> of the SC\/ST Act<\/a> would be attracted.<\/p>\n

Therefore, The Court opined that when a prima facie case is not made out, the application for anticipatory bail shall be maintainable under Section 438<\/a> of CrPC<\/a> before the High Court only and not before the Special Court or Exclusive Special Court constituted under the provisions of the SC\/ST Act.<\/p>\n

Issue 2: Whether the High Court retains its concurrent and original jurisdiction under Section 438<\/a> of the CrPC<\/a> to entertain such applications where the alleged offence does not attract the provisions of the SC\/ST Act?<\/p>\n

The Court opined that a combined reading of Section 2(bd)<\/a>, 2(d)<\/a>, 14<\/a>, 18<\/a> and 18-A<\/a> of SC\/ST Act<\/a>, entrenches the view that the Special Court or Exclusive Special Court, constituted under said Act, would acquire jurisdiction only when the prima facie case is made out against the accused. Once, prima facie case is not made out, the jurisdiction of the Special Court or Exclusive Special Court pertaining to applications filed for anticipatory bail would be ousted and it will not have power under Section 438<\/a> of CrPC<\/a> due to the embargo put upon the Courts under Section 18<\/a> and 18-A<\/a> of SC\/ST Act<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Therefore, when no prima facie case is made out against the accused, the petitioner shall approach the High Court under Section 438<\/a> of CrPC<\/a>. In such a scenario the High Court would retain both original jurisdiction under Section 438<\/a> of CrPC<\/a> and appellate jurisdiction under Section 14A of SC\/ST Act. Accordingly, the Court held that when prima facie case is not made out under the provisions of the Act, then the application for anticipatory bail made under Section 438<\/a> of CrPC<\/a> is maintainable only before the High Court and not before the Special Court or Exclusive Special Court constituted under the Act. Additionally, the Court opined that when no case is made out under the provisions of the said Act, the High Court shall retain its concurrent as well as original jurisdiction under Section 438<\/a> CrPC<\/a> and under Section 14A of the Act. Hence, the Court directed the registry to place the reference order before the Chief Justice, so that the same could be placed before an appropriate Bench for adjudication in accordance with law.<\/p>\n

[Vidadala Rajani v. State of A.P., 2025 SCC OnLine AP 3404<\/a>, decided on: 19-9-2025<\/span>]<\/p>\n

*Judgement authored by- Justice K. Suresh Reddy<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Advocates who appeared in this case :<\/p>\n

Advocate for the Petitioners-<\/span> S. Dushyanth Reddy, Advocate<\/p>\n

Advocate for the Respondents-<\/span> V.V. Lakshmi Narayana, Advocate; Public Prosecutor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The prosecution had raised a preliminary objection regarding the maintainability of the petition contending that the Section 14-A(2) of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 puts an embargo on the High Court from hearing any anticipatory bail application.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67011,"featured_media":361900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[2553,13011,49853,89968,89969,29912,16171,11791],"class_list":["post-361894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casebriefs","category-highcourts","tag-Andhra_Pradesh_High_Court","tag-anticipatory-bail","tag-criminal-procedure-code-1973","tag-justice-k-suresh-reddy","tag-justice-v-sujatha","tag-sc-st-act","tag-scheduled-castes-and-scheduled-tribes-prevention-of-atrocities-act","tag-section-438-crpc"],"yoast_head":"\nAP HC ruling on anticipatory bail under SC ST Act| SCC Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In a case related to anticipatory bail under SC\/ST Act, Andhra Pradesh High Court stated that anticipatory bail is maintainable only before High Court in absence of prima facie case under the Act.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/09\/29\/ap-hc-ruling-on-anticipatory-bail-under-sc-st-act\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Anticipatory bail maintainable only before High Court in absence of prima facie case under SC\/ST Act: Andhra Pradesh High Court\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In a case related to anticipatory bail under SC\/ST Act, Andhra Pradesh High Court stated that anticipatory bail is maintainable only before High Court in absence of prima facie case under the Act.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/09\/29\/ap-hc-ruling-on-anticipatory-bail-under-sc-st-act\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SCC Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-29T04:30:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-03T05:01:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/anticipatory-bail-under-SCST-Act.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"886\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"590\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Anticipatory bail maintainable only before High Court in absence of prima facie case under SC\/ST Act: Andhra Pradesh High Court\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/29\\\/ap-hc-ruling-on-anticipatory-bail-under-sc-st-act\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/29\\\/ap-hc-ruling-on-anticipatory-bail-under-sc-st-act\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Editor\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/84e42bab48238baf12c7e33b3d9761fe\"},\"headline\":\"Anticipatory bail maintainable only before High Court in absence of prima facie case under SC\\\/ST Act: Andhra Pradesh High Court\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-29T04:30:34+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-03T05:01:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/29\\\/ap-hc-ruling-on-anticipatory-bail-under-sc-st-act\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":904,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/post\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/29\\\/ap-hc-ruling-on-anticipatory-bail-under-sc-st-act\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.scconline.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/anticipatory-bail-under-SCST-Act.webp\",\"keywords\":[\"Andhra Pradesh High Court\",\"anticipatory bail\",\"Criminal Procedure Code 1973\",\"Justice K. 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