Ram Sewak Mahto @ Ramsevak Mahto @ Ram Sewak Bhagat v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.14378 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-185 Year-2022 Thana- PARSAUNI District- Sitamarhi ====================================================== Ram Sewak Mahto @ Ramsevak Mahto @ Ram Sewak Bhagat S/O Late Laxmi Mahto R/O Village - Chhotkibelsand, Ward No.- 11, P.S- Belsand, Distt.- Sitamarhi ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Ritesh Kumar Narain Singh For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Syed Ehteshamuddin ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 23-06-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State.

2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Parsauni P.S. Case No. 185 of 2022 dated 21.11.2022 registered for the offences punishable u/ss 302, 341, 323, 324, 307 read with section 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. As per the prosecution case, the petitioner along with the accused Chandan Mahto and the other co-accused persons assaulted the husband of the informant by means of various weapons due to which he sustained injury and died on the place of occurrence. The petitioner is specifically alleged to have stabbed with knife in the abdomen of the deceased.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.14378 of 2025(3) dt.23-06-2025 2/3 Accordingly, the present FIR was registered.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. There is case and counter case between the parties. It is further submitted that vide order dated 20.09.2023, the trial court is directed to expedite the trial and conclude the same as soon as possible but as per the letter no. 57 of 2025, out of total eight prosecution witnesses only four witnesses have been examined till date. The petitioner has clean antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 01.12.2022.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the bail petition of the petitioner by submitting that earlier the bail application of the petitioner has also been rejected by the Co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 20.09.2023. It is further submitted that the petitioner along with the other co-accused killed the informant's husband by inflicting knife blow due to which the deceased succumbed to the injury. It is further stated that as per the postmortem report, incised would as well as stab wounds were found on the body of the deceased and the doctor opined that the cause of death is due to Haemorrhage and shock leading to CR failure as a result of

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.14378 of 2025(3) dt.23-06-2025 3/3 injuries caused by sharp and pointed weapon. It is further stated that during the course of the investigation the witnesses of the case have also supported the prosecution case.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the heinous nature of allegation against the petitioner , I am not inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail.

7. The application stands rejected.

8. The learned trial court is directed to expedite the trial and conclude the same at the earliest.

(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) guddukr/- U T