diff --git a/ci/scripts/go_test.sh b/ci/scripts/go_test.sh
index bad2ffe619026..45ea513b1ec02 100755
--- a/ci/scripts/go_test.sh
+++ b/ci/scripts/go_test.sh
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ go test $testargs -tags $TAGS,noasm ./...
 popd
 
 export PARQUET_TEST_DATA=${1}/cpp/submodules/parquet-testing/data
+export PARQUET_TEST_BAD_DATA=${1}/cpp/submodules/parquet-testing/bad_data
 export ARROW_TEST_DATA=${1}/testing/data
 pushd ${source_dir}/parquet
 
diff --git a/go/parquet/pqarrow/file_reader_test.go b/go/parquet/pqarrow/file_reader_test.go
index fe5a4547a775c..15ea4f83c0eb5 100644
--- a/go/parquet/pqarrow/file_reader_test.go
+++ b/go/parquet/pqarrow/file_reader_test.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
+	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
@@ -373,3 +374,43 @@ func TestFileReaderColumnChunkBoundsErrors(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.ErrorContains(t, tooHighErr, fmt.Sprintf("there are only %d columns", schema.NumFields()))
 	}
 }
+
+func TestReadParquetFile(t *testing.T) {
+	dir := os.Getenv("PARQUET_TEST_BAD_DATA")
+	if dir == "" {
+		t.Skip("no path supplied with PARQUET_TEST_BAD_DATA")
+	}
+	assert.DirExists(t, dir)
+	filename := path.Join(dir, "GH_43605.parquet")
+	ctx := context.TODO()
+
+	mem := memory.NewCheckedAllocator(memory.DefaultAllocator)
+
+	rdr, err := file.OpenParquetFile(
+		filename,
+		false,
+		file.WithReadProps(parquet.NewReaderProperties(mem)),
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer func() {
+		if err2 := rdr.Close(); err2 != nil {
+			t.Errorf("unexpected error: %v", err2)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	arrowRdr, err := pqarrow.NewFileReader(rdr, pqarrow.ArrowReadProperties{
+		Parallel:  false,
+		BatchSize: 0,
+	}, mem)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	_, err = arrowRdr.ReadTable(ctx)
+
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Errorf("expected error: %v", err)
+	}
+}