Page No.# 1/3 GAHC010170912025 2025:GAU-AS:11374 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : Bail Appln./2477/2025 SRI PRAHLAD DAS SON OF ROBIN DAS, R/O VILLAGE KHARAGURI UNDER GAURISAGAR PS IN THE DISTRICT OF SIVASAGAR, ASSAM VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM AND ANR REPRESENTED BY THE PP, ASSAM 2:SMTI PINKI CHETIA (INFORMANT) WIFE OF ABHIJIT KR DAS R/O DORBAR ROAD WARD NO 2 PS SIVASAGAR DIST SIVASAGAR ASSA Advocate for the Petitioner : MR D TALUKDAR, MR. S M MUNIR,MR. K MOHAMMED,MS P SAIKIA,MR P CHOUDHURY Advocate for the Respondent : PP, ASSAM, A J KASHYAP (R-2),MR H K NATH (R-2) Page No.# 2/3 BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANJEEV KUMAR SHARMA ORDER 26.08.2025 Heard Mr. D. Talukdar, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner. Also heard Mr. M.P. Goswami, learned Addl. Public Prosecutor and Mr. H.K. Nath, learned counsel appearing for respondent No. 2/victim. 2. This is an application filed under Section 483 of the BNSS, 2023, praying for bail to the accused/petitioners, Sri. Prahlad Das, in connection with Special (P) Case No. 10/2025 under Section 65 of the BNS, 2023, read with Section 6 of the POCSO Act, (corresponding to Sivasagar P.S. Case No. 14/2025). 3. The charge against the accused/petitioner is that in the month of July, 2024, he committed rape/penetrative sexual assault on the minor victim causing her to become pregnant. 4. The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner has drawn the attention of the Court to the order passed by the learned Special Judge, POCSO, Sivasagar dated 13.06.2025, whereby the prayer for bail of the person accused was rejected considering the facts of the case including the fact that some of the vital witnesses are yet to be examined. 5. It is submitted that by now, all the vital witnesses including the victim have been examined and the petitioner has been behind bars since 21.01.2025. Page No.# 3/3 6. The learned counsel appearing for the victim/respondent No. 2 submits that he has no objection to the prayer for bail. 7. Perusing the materials available on record and the stage of the trial as well as the period of detention, the prayer for bail is allowed. Accordingly, the accused abovenamed shall be released on bail of Rs. 20,000/- with 2 local sureties of the like amount to the satisfaction of learned Trial Court. 8. It is further provided that the accused shall not attempt to influence the remaining witnesses. 9. The Bail Application stands accordingly disposed off. JUDGE Comparing Assistant