Page No.# 1/3 GAHC010144282025 undefined THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : AB/1523/2025 JAIRUL ISLAM TALUKDAR SON OF JAMIR UDDIN TALUKDAR R/O VILL- WARD NO. 10 DOBOKA TOWN, P.O. AN DP.S. DOBOKA DIST. HOJAI, ASSAM PIN-782440 MOB. 9864553883 VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM REP BY BY THE PP, ASSAM Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. S C BISWAS, MR. H A TALUKDAR,MR. F A HASSAN Advocate for the Respondent : PP, ASSAM, BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRANJAL DAS ORDER Date : 04.08.2025 Heard Mr. S.C. Biswas, learned counsel for the petitioner. Also heard Mr. R.J. Baruah, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Page No.# 2/3 2. By this petition filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the petitioner, namely, Jairul Islam Talukdar, has prayed for granting pre-arrest bail, apprehending arrest in connection with Doboka P.S. Case No. 109/2025, registered under Section 318(4)/336(3)/338 of BNS, 2023. 3. The case arose out of an Ejahar dated 18.06.2025 alleged by the Circle Officer, Doboka Revenue Circle in the district of Hojai. The allegation is that the petitioner who serving as Aadhar operator centre was involved in manipulation of Aadhaar process, incorporating fictitious persons also in the Aadhaar system, by such manipulation. 4. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has already been served a show cause notice and pursuant to his reply, his license has been suspended for five years. It is further submitted that the petitioner shall co-operate with the investigation and as such, he seeks interim protection. 5. On the other hand, Mr. Baruah, learned Additional Public Prosecutor has produced the case diary and submits that the investigation has collected materials which supported the allegation of such manipulation. It is also submitted that the petitioner has not complied with the notice under Section 35(3) BNSS. In this contention, the learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner appeared in the examination at that time as mentioned in the Annexure-6. 6. I have considered the submissions made by the learned counsel for the parties. I have also perused the case diary. 7. Considered the materials available in the case diary as well as the nature of offence. Aadhaar card is a key document issued by the Government of India Page No.# 3/3 and any manipulation thereof is serious matter for the Aadhaar system. 8. Under such circumstances, this Court is not inclined to grant the privilege of pre-arrest bail to the petitioner as this stage. Accordingly, prayer of the petitioner is rejected at this stage 9. The pre-arrest bail application stands disposed of. 10. Return the case diary. JUDGE Comparing Assistant