Page No.# 1/3 GAHC010156912025 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : AB/1699/2025 RAJUL AHMED S/O AYUB AHMED R/O OWRTOL, SODILAPUR, GARIGAON P.O.AND P.S. JALUKBARI DIST. KAMRUP (M), ASSAM PIN-781011 VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM REP BY THE PP, ASSAM Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. N ANAND, MS.D SAIKIA Advocate for the Respondent : PP, ASSAM, BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MRIDUL KUMAR KALITA ORDER Date : 08.08.2025 1. Heard Mr. N. Ahmed, learned counsel for the petitioner. Also heard Mr. B. Sarma, learned Addl. Public Prosecutor, Assam, appearing for the State respondent. Page No.# 2/3 2. This application under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023 has been filed by the petitioner, namely, Rajul Ahmed, seeking anticipatory bail in connection with Jalukbari P.S. Case No. 250/2025 under Sections 21(b)/ 29 of the NDPS Act, 1985. 3. The gist of accusation in this case is that on 17.06.2025, one Monisha Konwar, S.I. had lodged an FIR before the O.C. Jalukbari Police Station inter alia alleging that on the basis of a secret information from a reliable source, a raid was conducted in the house of the present petitioner and during raid apart from other materials, recovered 10.2 grams of suspected heroin and at the time of raid another accused person Pranjal Das was apprehend. It is also alleged in the FIR that the present petitioner had fled away from the search. 4. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the contraband recovered in the case is intermediate quantity and it was not recovered from the petitioner. He further submits that the seized contraband which was recovered from the pocket of the co-accused Pranjal Das and the petitioner is not aware of the contraband carried by the co-accused. 5. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is ready to cooperate in the investigation and therefore he may be allowed to go on bail. 6. On the other hand, learned Additional Public Prosecutor has vehemently opposed to grant bail to the petitioner. He submits that the contraband was recovered from the house of the present petitioner and the statement of the witnesses was recorded by the I.O. wherein the witnesses have stated that the petitioner has fled away from the place of raid. Page No.# 3/3 7. I have considered the submissions made by the learned counsel for both the parties and I have gone through the materials available on record including the case diary of Jalukbari P.S. Case No. 250/2025, produced by the learned Addl. P.P.. On perusal of the case diary, it appears that there are sufficient materials available in the case diary and trherfore, this court is of the opinion that it is not a fit case to grant the bail to the petitioner at this stage. 8. In view of above, the prayer for bail is rejected. 9. The bail application is dismissed 10. Return the case diary. JUDGE Comparing Assistant