Raman Paswan @ Raman Kumar Paswan v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.35790 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-97 Year-2025 Thana- Narhiya District- Madhubani ====================================================== Raman Paswan @ Raman Kumar Paswan S/o Karu Paswan Resident of Village - Baluaha, P.S.- Narahiya, District - Madhubani ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Ratnakar Jha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mrs. Renu Kumari, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RITESH KUMAR ORAL ORDER 26-05-2026 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Narahaiya P.S. Case No. 97 of 2025, for allegedly having committed offence under Sections 190, 126(2), 115(2), 125(a), 125(b), 132, 109 of B.N.S.
3. As per the prosecution story, which has been lodged on the basis of the written report submitted by the informant to the effect that an information was received on Dial112 that a person has met with an accident near Bhhotha Chowk on NH under Narahaiya PO. After giving information to the senior officials, the informant along with police party reached at the place of occurrence. When the police party reached at the place of occurrence, they saw that a person had died due to injuries suffered in an accident and the people of the nearby
2/4 vicinity have blocked the road by keeping the dead body on the road. When the informant and others tried to pacify them, the people present there chased them and tried to snatch the official weapons of the police personnel. They also attacked the informant and others on their heads, due to which they sustained injuries. The informant and other police personnel managed to escape after saving their lives. The crowd vandalised the surveillance post near Bhhotha Chowk and they also snatched all the chairs from there. After arrival of higher officials and police force, the jam was somehow cleared and the body was taken into custody. The chaukidar present there identified the petitioner and others, who were involved in the said occurrence.
4. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has not committed any offence. His name has transpired in the present case, only on the basis of the information given by the local chaukidar. More than fifty persons were present there and the chaukidar, with a view to harass the petitioner and others, has implicated them in the present case. He further submits that the injuries sustained by the informant and others have been found to be simple in nature and the petitioner has got a clean antecedent. He further submits that vide order dated 19.05.2026 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 34423
3/4 of 2026 by Hon'ble Single Judge of this Court, the co-accused Santosh Kumar Paswan has been granted the privilege of anticipatory bail.
5. Per contra, the learned APP for the State vehemently opposes the prayer for bail of the petitioner and submits that the petitioner along with other accused persons assaulted the police personnel, while they were on their official duty and also tried to snatch away their official weapons.
6. Having heard the rival submissions and after going through the records, it appears that the petitioner along with others were members of the mob, who were protesting with a dead body on a road. The local chaukidar identified the petitioner and some others. Similarly situated co-accused has been granted the privilege of anticipatory bail by the learned Coordinate Bench of this Hon'ble Court vide order dated 19.05.2026 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 34423 of 2026. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, let the petitioner, above named, in the event of arrest or surrender within a period of six weeks, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned J.M 1st Class, Jhanjharpar, Madhubani in connection with Narahaiya P.S. Case No. 97 of
4/4 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S., with further condition:
(1) The learned Court concerned shall verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and in case at any stage, it is found that the petitioner has concealed his criminal antecedents, the court concerned shall take steps for cancellation of bail bond of the petitioner. However, the acceptance of bail bonds in terms of the above-mentioned order shall not be delayed for purpose of or in the name of verification. Ajay/Mridula/- (Ritesh Kumar, J) U T