Page No.# 1/3 GAHC010181592025 2025:GAU-AS:11739 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : Bail Appln./2712/2025 SANJAY KUMAR GUPTA S/O- HAJARILAL GUPTA R/O- VILLAGE -SIXMILE P.S- DISPUR DIST- KAMRUP METRO ASSAM VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM REP. BY THE PP ASSAM ------------ Advocate for : MR. A S ALI Advocate for : PP ASSAM appearing for THE STATE OF ASSAM BEFORE HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE SHAMIMA JAHAN ORDER 01.09.2025 Heard Mr. A. Saikia, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. P. Borthakur, learned Addl. P.P., Assam for the State. By this application filed under Section 483 of the BNSS, 2023 the petitioner, viz., Sanjay Kumar Gupta has prayed for bail in connection with Page No.# 2/3 Jogighopa P.S. Case No.91/2025 registered under Sections 61(2)/310(4)/319(2) of the BNS. The F.I.R. dated 01.08.2025 reveals that on source information about a racket to transport fake currency and loot black money from businessmen and that they were coming from Guwahati to Bongaigaon, the police personnel conducted naka checking and during the same they found a vehicle which was proceeding from a particular direction to another and on seeing the checking put up by the police personnel the said vehicle turned on a different side and the police personnel chased the said vehicle and stopped it and apprehended the petitioner along with three others from the said vehicle. The said accused persons were brought to the Jogighopa Police Station for interrogation and during interrogation it was found that they by coordinating with one Bhaskar Boro had the intention to loot an amount of Rs.12 Crores which was coming from Tura, Meghalaya towards Bongaigaon side and when the I.D. numbers were asked from the accused persons, two accused persons had given fake identities to the police personnel. As far as the present petitioner is concerned, it is stated that he accompanied the other accused persons in the same vehicle which was intercepted by the police personnel. However, no incriminating materials or any fake documents were recovered from the petitioner. Mr. Saikia, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was simply a friend of the accused persons and that he has no connection with Page No.# 3/3 the alleged offence. Mr. P. Borthakur, learned Addl. P.P., however, submits that the petitioner was found to accompany the other accused persons in the said offence under Section 310 of the BNS and as such he prays that no bail may be granted to him. On consideration of the submissions made by the learned counsel for the parties and on perusal of the records, it is found that the petitioner was simply found an accompanying person and in the forwarding report nothing was specifically written against the present petitioner, viz., Sanjay Kumar Gupta and in view of the same, this Court deems it fit to release the petitioner on bail on furnishing a bail bond of Rs.30,000/- with one local surety of the like amount to the satisfaction of the learned SDJM(M), North Salmara, Abhayapuri under the following conditions :- (1) That the petitioner shall cooperate with the investigation and shall appear before the I.O. as and when called for. (2) That the petitioner shall not tamper with the evidence and shall not influence the witnesses connected with the case. The Bail Application stands disposed of. JUDGE Comparing Assistant