Two Judges Attacked In Bihar, Accused Arrested

The accused were identified as Ramakant Singh and Shantanu. The police nabbed them soon after the FIR was lodged into the matter.

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Two people in Bihar were arrested on Wednesday for assaulting and robbing two judges of Sasaram civil court.

The incident took place when a motorcycle hit the stationary car carrying Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) Ramchandra Prasad and Devesh Kumar, who is also an ACJM at the civil court in Sasaram. Both the judges were severely injured in the incident.

The accused were identified as Ramakant Singh and Shantanu. The police nabbed them soon after the FIR was lodged into the matter. A press release into the matter has been issued which says that the accused have been charged under sections 341, 323, 307, 279, 353, 379, 427, 504, 506, and 34.

Bihar | Two persons were arrested for an attack on two judges of Sasaram civil court after a motorbike collided with the car they were travelling in on March 14. Case registered in the matter. pic.twitter.com/0fiFnbv5Ss

— ANI (@ANI) March 16, 2023

The press release further read that the incident took place on Tuesday night near the Beda canal of Sasaram Mufasshil police station area when Prasad was travelling in his private vehicle with Kumar. The FIR states that the victims were heading towards the Beda gas station to fill up the tank when two unidentified men crashed the parked car.

Following this, the judges objected and got into a verbal confrontation with the unknown men, who then attacked them. Mufassil Police Station chief officer Rizwan also said that the culprits looted some cash from the judges during the altercation.

The attackers fled when police reached the spot. As per the complainant, the miscreants had also stolen Prasad's wallet containing Rs 7,000 in cash.

Earlier, on July 28, 2021, Dhanbad additional district judge Uttam Anand died after being hit by an autorickshaw outside his colony when he was on his routine morning walk. The death had sparked fears about the safety of judicial officers in the country with then Chief Justice of India NV Ramana ordering the Jharkhand High Court to monitor the probe. A year later, a CBI court sentenced the auto driver and a helper to imprisonment till death.