Patna, May 8 (). The Sasaram district court in Bihar on Monday refused bail to former BJP MLA Jawahar Prasad in connection with the communal violence in the district on Ram Navami.
Prasad was arrested by the police on April 29, following which he was sent to judicial custody. His lawyer had filed a bail application in the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate.
The prosecution counsel urged the court to add IPC section 302 in the case against Jawahar Prasad and other accused persons, who were allegedly involved in communal violence during Ram Navami procession on March 31. After this, the court ordered the inclusion of section 302 of IPC in the FIR.
Prosecution lawyer Nagendra Pandey said, since murder is a non-bailable offence, the court has refused to grant bail to Jawahar Prasad.
Earlier, the court had granted bail to several people allegedly involved in the Ram Navami violence. All of them have now been asked to surrender before the court as their bail has been canceled following the inclusion of Section 302 in the FIR.
Prasad can now approach the Patna High Court and seek bail.
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