Page No.# 1/3 GAHC010152882025 2025:GAU-AS:9316 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : Bail Appln./2269/2025 RUKIA BEGUM @ RUKIYA BEGUM W/O- ALAUDDIN AHMED. R/O- VILL.- HAWLYGHAT, P.S.- MUKALMUA, DIST.- NALBARI, ASSAM. VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM REPRESENTED BY THE PP, ASSAM Advocate for the Petitioner : MR S ISLAM, S RAHMAN Advocate for the Respondent : PP, ASSAM, BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MRIDUL KUMAR KALITA ORDER 19.07.2025 1. Heard Mr. S. Islam, the learned counsel for the petitioner. Also heard Mr. K.K. Parasar, the learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the State of Assam. 2. This application under Section 483 of the BNSS, 2023 has been Page No.# 2/3 filed by the petitioner, namely, Rukia Begum@Rukiya Begum, who is detained behind the bars since 26.05.2025 in connection with Mukalmua P.S. Case No. 161/2025, under Sections 21(b)/29 of the NDPS Act, 1985. 3. The gist of accusation in this case is that on the basis of an FIR lodged on 25.06.2025 a search operation was conducted in the house of one Alauddin Ahmed and during search operation suspected brown sugar weighing about 20.27 grams (with containers) was recovered therefrom and the present petitioner, who is the wife of the Alauddin Ahmed petitioner was apprehended. 4. The learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is in no way involved in the offence alleged in the FIR. 5. He submits that the said contraband which excluding the container weighs only about 1.42 grams was recovered from the backside of the house of the present petitioner. 6. He further submits that the quantity of contraband recovered in this case is a small quantity and thus, this case ought to have been registered under Section 21(a) of the NDPS Act, 1985, in which case the offence would have become bailable. 7. I have also heard the learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the State of Assam, who also submits that the quantity of contraband seized in this case is 1.42 grams. 8. Considering the quantity of contraband seized as well as the period of detention undergone, further custodial detention of the Page No.# 3/3 petitioner is not required in this case for fair completion of the investigation of Mukalmua P.S. Case No. 161/2025. Otherwise also, the fact reveals that this case ought to have been registered under Section 21(a) of the NDPS Act, 1985 and the offence is as such a bailable offence. 9. Accordingly, the above-named petitioner is allowed to go on bail of Rs. 30,000/-(Rupees Thirty Thousand only) with a suitable surety of like amount, subject to the satisfaction of the learned Special Judge, Nalbari with following conditions that:- (i) the petitioner shall appear before the Investigating Police Officer as and when called for and shall co-operate with the investigation; and (ii) the petitioner shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to the informant or to any other person who may be acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade such person from disclosing such facts before the Investigating Officer or to any Court. 10. With the above observations, this bail application is accordingly disposed of. JUDGE Comparing Assistant