Rakesh Ranjan Prasad (July 1955 — 3 June 2018) was an Indian Judge and former Chief Justice of Manipur High Court.

Prasad was born in 1955 in Bihar.^{[ citation needed]} He graduated in Science and passed LL.B. from Patna Law College.^{[ citation needed]} Prasad was enrolled as an Advocate in Bihar State Bar Council in 1980 and started practice on Civil, Criminal and Constitutional matters in the Patna High Court. On 6 May 1991 he joined Superior Judicial Service and was appointed Additional District Judge. He was promoted to District and Sessions Judge in 2001.^{[ citation needed]}

Prasad became Registrar General of Jharkhand High Court on 9 June 2001.^{[ citation needed]} On 9 February 2006 he was appointed a Judge of Jharkhand High Court thereafter transferred to Manipur High Court on 1 February 2016. ^[1] Justice Prasad also took charge of the Acting Chief Justice of Manipur High Court after Justice Laxmi Kanta Mohapatra. ^[2] On 22 September 2016 he became the permanent Chief Justice of the Manipur High Court. Prasad retired on 30 June 2017 from the judgeship. ^{[3] [4]}