Ram Sewak Mahto @ Ramsevak Mahto @ Ram Sewak… — Murder and Culpable Homicide | Patna HC (2025)

Ram Sewak Mahto @ Ramsevak Mahto @ Ram Sewak… — Murder and Culpable Homicide | Patna HC (2025)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Dismissed

Issue for consideration

Whether regular bail should be granted to the petitioner (Ram Sewak Mahto @ Ramsevak Mahto @ Ram Sewak Bhagat) in connection with Parsauni P.S. Case No. 185 of 2022, registered for offences punishable under Sections 302, 341, 323, 324 and 307 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

Court's answer

Regular bail refused: considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the heinous nature of the allegation against the petitioner, the presiding Judge was not inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail; the bail application stands rejected.

Ratio / Principle

The learned trial court was directed to expedite the trial and conclude the same at the earliest (operative ancillary direction forming part of the disposal; the directive sentence wraps across source lines 26-27, so the evidence span is anchored to the fragment on line 26, completed on line 27 by 'trial and conclude the same at the earliest.').

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Patna High Court (Hon'ble Mr. Justice Chandra Prakash Singh), Criminal Miscellaneous No. 14378 of 2025, order dated 23-06-2025: Regular-bail application of Ram Sewak Mahto @ Ramsevak Mahto @ Ram Sewak Bhagat, arising out of Parsauni P.S. Case No. 185 of 2022 (District Sitamarhi), registered for offences punishable u/Ss. 302, 341, 323, 324, 307 read with section 34 IPC, REJECTED. Prosecution alleges the petitioner, with Chandan Mahto and other co-accused, assaulted the informant's husband with various weapons causing his death, the petitioner being specifically alleged to have stabbed the deceased in the abdomen with a knife. Context before the Court: an earlier bail application had been rejected by a Co-ordinate Bench vide order dated 20.09.2023; petitioner in custody since 01.12.2022; despite a trial-court order dated 20.09.2023 to expedite, only four of eight prosecution witnesses had been examined (Letter No. 57 of 2025). On the heinous nature of the allegation the Court declined bail and again directed the trial court to expedite the trial and conclude it at the earliest.

Procedural history

How this case reached the court

AI extract

Prior proceeding
FIR: Parsauni P.S. Case No. 185 of 2022 dated 21.11.2022 (Thana Parsauni, District Sitamarhi); registered for offences punishable u/Ss. 302, 341, 323, 324, 307 read with section 34 of the Indian Penal Code.¶15
Prior proceeding
[Prosecution case as recorded] Petitioner, along with accused Chandan Mahto and other co-accused, assaulted the informant's husband with various weapons; he sustained injury and died at the place of occurrence, following which the FIR was registered.¶16
Prior proceeding
[Prosecution case as recorded] Petitioner specifically alleged to have stabbed the deceased in the abdomen with a knife.¶16
Prior proceeding
[Per petitioner's counsel] Petitioner claims to be innocent and falsely implicated; case and counter case between the parties.¶19
Prior proceeding
[Per petitioner's counsel] Trial court had earlier been directed (vide order dated 20.09.2023) to expedite the trial and conclude it as soon as possible.¶19
Prior proceeding
[Per petitioner's counsel] Per Letter No. 57 of 2025, of eight prosecution witnesses only four had been examined till date.¶19
Prior proceeding
[Per petitioner's counsel] Petitioner in custody since 01.12.2022.¶19
Prior proceeding
[Per petitioner's counsel] Petitioner stated to have clean antecedents (para 3 of the bail petition).¶19
Prior proceeding
[Per learned A.P.P.] Petitioner's earlier bail application was rejected by a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 20.09.2023.¶20
Prior proceeding
[Per learned A.P.P.] Petitioner, with other co-accused, allegedly killed the informant's husband by inflicting a knife blow; the deceased succumbed to the injury.¶20
Prior proceeding
[Per learned A.P.P.] Postmortem: incised wound(s) and stab wounds found on the body of the deceased (source prints 'incised would'; reproduced verbatim).¶20
Prior proceeding
[Per learned A.P.P.] Doctor opined cause of death as haemorrhage and shock leading to CR failure.¶20
Prior proceeding
[Continuation of the medical-opinion sentence on the next page] Death attributed to injuries caused by a sharp and pointed weapon.¶22