The petitioners in the present case were seeking bail after a case was registered against them at the Darbhanga Rail Police Station for the offences punishable under the Indian Penal Code as well as the Arms and Railway Acts.
The single-judge had on March 11 given provisional bail to one of the petitioners for two weeks, so he could appear in a recruitment exam for the Assam Rifles.
The case of the prosecution in the matter was that in January 2022, a crowd including the petitioners armed with weapons allegedly came to the Sitamarhi Railway Station in huge numbers and blocked a freight train.
Later, they allegedly became violent and started throwing stones at police officers leading to injuries and damages to the train.
Thereafter,13 protesters including the petitioners in the instant were arrested.
Advocate Kumar Shanu, appearing for the petitioners, submitted that the petitioners have clean antecedents and have been falsely implicated.
He contended that even though the petitioners were named in the first information report (FIR), there were no specific allegations of overt offences against them. Rather there is only a ‘general and omnibus’ allegation against the present petitioners, he said.
Additional Public Prosecutor Anil Kumar Singh strongly opposed granting bail to the petitioners.
Source: Barandbench
