Ramchandra Chaudhary @ Ramchandra Pasi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL APPEAL (SJ) No.769 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-297 Year-2024 Thana- LAURIA District- West Champaran ====================================================== Ramchandra Chaudhary @ Ramchandra Pasi S/o- Devnath Chaudhary @ Devnath Pasi Resident of Village- Parsa Dhangartoli, P.S.- Lauriya, DistWest Champaran ... ... Appellant/s

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar 2.

Krishna Mahato S/o- Late Vinod Dhagan Village- Parsa Dhagan Tola PsLauriya Dist- West Champaran ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Appellant/s :

Mr.Gyan Prakash, Advocate For the Respondent/s :

Mr.Binay Krishna, Spl. PP Mr. Sajeev Kumar Shrivastava, Adv ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 13-01-2026 1.

Heard learned counsel for the appellant; learned Spl. P.P. for the State, Sri Binay Krishna and learned counsel appearing on behalf of the informant.

2.

This is an appeal under Section 14(A)(2) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 against the rejection of prayer for anticipatory bail vide order dated 14.11.2024 passed by the learned A.D.J. - 1st cum Special Judge, SC/ST (POA) Act, Bettiah, West Champaran in A.B.P. No. 2259 of 2024 arising out of Lauriya P.S. Case No. 297 of 2024 dated 01.09.2024 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 103(1) read with Section 3(5) of the B.N.S. and under Section 3(2)(v)

Patna High Court CR. APP (SJ) No.769 of 2025(5) dt.13-01-2026 2/3 of the SC/ST (POA) Act.

3.

Learned counsel for the appellant submits that appellant has antecedent of one case and the informant alleges that 31-8-2024, his father after having his dinner, was going to attend Janmastami pooja at 7:30 PM, when appellant, Sikandar along with five unknown accused intercepted him and started assaulting him and when 2-3 villagers came to save him, the accused persons also assaulted them, further the appellant assaulted his father by lathi causing injury all over his body, while Sikandar assaulted him by farsa causing injury on head, thereafter the villagers brought his father to hospital at Lauriya from where he was referred to GMCH Bettiah, where he died during the course of treatment.

4.

Learned counsel for the appellant submits that appellant has been falsely implicated in the instant case by the informant. It is next submitted that appellant is not named in the FIR and his name transpired during the course of investigation. It is further submitted that a detailed order has been recorded in Cr. App. (SJ) No. 5420 of 2024 (Bhim Yadav vs. the State of Bihar and Anr.). It is further submitted that the said appeal was permitted to be withdrawn with liberty to Bhim Yadav to file afresh if need arises. It is submitted that the case of the appellant

Patna High Court CR. APP (SJ) No.769 of 2025(5) dt.13-01-2026 3/3 is akin to the case of Bhim Yadav, thus seeks permission to withdraw the appeal with liberty to file afresh if need arises. 5.

Permission is accorded.

6.

Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed as withdrawn with the liberty aforesaid.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Sumit/- U T