Ram Swarup Mahto v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.70509 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-236 Year-2025 Thana- SHEOHAR District- Sheohar ====================================================== Ram Swarup Mahto S/o Kailash Mahto Sheohar, Ward No. 14, P.S.- Sheohar, District- Sheohar ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Deepak Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Md. Aslam Ansari ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 10-10-2025
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 126(2), 127(2), 115(2), 117(2), 109(1), 303(2), 352, 351(2) and 3(5) of the BNS, 2023.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and the informant alleges that his son along with Raushan and others had gone to see his purchased land, on which a house was constructed, further the named accused persons including the petitioner along with 15-20 unknown accused came and surrounded his son, Satish (driver) and other relatives, thereafter the accused persons put a rope around the neck of his son, Shashi and
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.70509 of 2025(2) dt.10-10-2025 2/3 hanged him from a tree with an intention to kill him, further Raushan, who tried to save his son, was assaulted by the petitioner by an iron rod causing injury on head, thereafter Satish was abused and accused took gold chain and three rings of his son, it is next alleged that his son was saved on intervention of Shiv Shankar and Amit.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has been falsely implicated in the instant case by the informant. It is next submitted that from perusal of the allegation as alleged in the FIR, it would manifest that petitioner is alleged to have snatched the chain and gold rings from the son of the informant. It is also submitted that Kailash Mahto had approached this Court seeking anticipatory bail by filing Cr. Misc. No.68922/2025 and the same was allowed by an order dated 10.10.2025, after considering the case on merits and in detail. It is next submitted that no allegation of assault is alleged against the petitioner but then on ornamental allegation of snatching chain and ring is alleged when petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and is not a criminal.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.
6. Considering the submissions made by the learned
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.70509 of 2025(2) dt.10-10-2025 3/3 counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned trial court within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Sheohar P.S. Case No. 236 of 2025 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the BNSS.
(Satyavrat Verma, J) amit/- U T