Patna High Court – Orders
Ramprit Ram vs The State Of Bihar on 11 August, 2025
Author: Anshuman
Bench: Anshuman
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.51523 of 2025
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-178 Year-2021 Thana- RAJEPUR District- East Champaran
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1. Ramprit Ram S/o Late Ramvrich Ram Resident of village - Bakhari, P.s.-
Rajepur, Distt.- East Champaran
2. Vinod Ram S/o Ramprit Ram Resident of village - Bakhari, P.S.- Rajepur,
Distt.- East Champaran
3. Kishor Ram S/o Ramprit Ram Resident of village - Bakhari, P.S.- Rajepur,
Distt.- East Champaran
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Abhishek Kumar, Advocate
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Binod Kumar, APP
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DR. ANSHUMAN
ORAL ORDER
2 11-08-2025
Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned
APP for the State.
2. The petitioners who apprehend arrest in connection
with Rajepur P.S. Case No. 178 of 2021 lodged on 15.11.2021,
for the offences punishable under sections 147, 148, 149, 150,
151, 152, 171, 341, 342, 323, 307, 332, 333, 337, 338, 353,
120B, 504 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code.
3. As per the prosecution, the F.I.R. has been lodged
against 42 named accused persons and 100-150 unknown
accused persons. It is alleged in the F.I.R. that during the
election, the informant received information that a person, after
casting his vote, had taken a photograph and was showing it to
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other, thereby attempting to compromise the confidentiality of
the election. Thereafter, both such persons were taken out of the
election centre, and the process to seize their mobile phones was
initiated. In the meantime, 40-50 people, armed with lathis and
dandas, arrived and freed both persons, also taking away the
mobile phone. Subsequently, when attempts were made to arrest
the said persons, 80-90 additional accused persons, variously
armed, arrived and attacked with the intention to kill, causing
injuries to several police personnel.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the
petitioners are innocent and has committed no offence. The
accusation against him is general, vague, and omnibus in nature.
The petitioners are not named in the F.I.R., but in a mob of 100-
150 people, their names, parentage, and addresses have been
disclosed by someone else due to political rivalry. The
petitioners have not participated in the alleged crime, and except
for mere suspicion, there is no material to indicate their
complicity in the alleged offence. Learned counsel further
submits that several co-accused persons have been granted bail
by different co-ordinate Benches vide orders dated 08.04.2022,
11.05.2022, 14.11.2022, 19.10.2023, 29.11.2023, 19.03.2025
and 07.05.2025 passed in Criminal Miscellaneous No. 15421 of
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2022, Criminal Miscellaneous No. 15678 of 2022; Criminal
Miscellaneous No. 11859 of 2022; Criminal Miscellaneous No.
26915 of 2022; Criminal Miscellaneous No. 67081/2023;
Criminal Miscellaneous No. 76999/2023, Criminal
Miscellaneous No. 11996 of 2025 and Criminal Miscellaneous
No. 28504/2025. However, the petitioner is accused in one more
criminal case, but in that case, he has been granted bail.
5. Learned APP for the State opposes the prayer for
bail.
6. In the facts and circumstances, let the above named
petitioners be released on bail, in the event of arrest or surrender
before the Trial Court within a period of four weeks from today,
on furnishing bail bond of ₹30000/- (thirty thousand) each as
mentioned in Section 2(1) (d) of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha
Sanhita, 2023 to the satisfaction of the Judicial Magistrate-1st
Class, Sadar at Motihari, East Champaran, in connection with
Rajepur P.S. Case No. 178 of 2021, subject to the conditions as
laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagrik
Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
(Dr. Anshuman, J)
Ashwini/-
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