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THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : AB/1308/2025 DHRUBA JYOTI KALITA S/O- KALICHARAN KALITA. R/O- HOUSE NO.20, INDRANAGAR ROAD, OPP.. AFPF, BASISTHA, DIST.- KAMRUP(M), ASSAM. VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM REPRESENTED BY THE LD. PP, ASSAM. Advocate for the Petitioner : MR DEBA SARMAH, RAKESH CHETRY Advocate for the Respondent : PP, ASSAM,
BEFORE HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE SUSMITA PHUKAN KHAUND ORDER 25.06.2025
1. Heard Mr. D. Sarma, the learned counsel for the petitioner. Also heard Mr. B. Sharma, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. 2. The application under Section 482 of BNSS, 2023, has been filed by the petitioner, namely, Sri Dhruba Jroti Kalita, who is appending arrest in connection
Page No.# 2/3 with Barpeta Police Station Case No. 193/2025 registered under Sections 61(2)/318(4)/316(2)/303(2) of the BNS, 2023. 3. The gist of accusation in this case is that on 31.05.2025 one Himangshu Sharma had lodged an FIR before the Officer-in-Charge of the Barpeta Police Station, inter-alia, alleging that on 27.05.2025, some TMT materials worth about Rs. 15,44,513/- were dispatched from Guwahati to Jorhat in a truck bearing Registration No. AS-01-LC-3655. 4. It is stated in the FIR that the truck was arranged by the present petitioner, who is a broker. 5. It is further alleged in the FIR that soon after the truck departed from Guwahati, the mobile phone of the truck driver was found switched off, and the status of the goods sent was not known to the owner. 6. It is also alleged in the FIR that on 29.05.2025, the present petitioner informed the informant that the goods, which were transported by the earlier truck has been shifted to a different truck bearing Registration No.NL-01- AC2301. 7. The FIR alleges that there is a suspicion that the goods were stolen by the truck driver and his accomplice. 8. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the allegations levelled in the FIR are not true. 9. He submits that the petitioner is only a broker, who arranged the truck for transporting the consignment of the first informant. 10. He further submits that when the truck was located and it was seized by police, he went to the police station on 29.05.2025 and had identified the
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However, thereafter, the informant has lodged the FIR, showing the name of the present petitioner as one of the accused and as the case has been registered under non-billable offences, he is apprehending his arrest. 11. He further submits that the petitioner is ready to cooperate in the investigation. 12. I have considered the submissions at the Bar with circumspection. 13. I have scrutinized the Case Diary. 14. The petitioner has appeared before the Investigating Officer and he has co- operated with the investigation. 15. The petitioner has not violated ay bail conditions. 16. Thereby, the interim order dated 10.06.2025 is made absolute under the same terms and conditions. 17. This application stands disposed of. 18. Send back the Case Diary. JUDGE Comparing Assistant