Page No.# 1/3 GAHC010189522025 2025:GAU-AS:12863 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : AB/2040/2025 GAJI RAHMAN SON OF LATE GULJAR ALI R/O NAGARJHAR, PIN-783380 P.S. MANIKPUR, DIST. BONGAIGAON, ASSAM VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM REP. BY THE PP, ASSAM Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. S C BISWAS, MS. J GHOSH,MR. F A HASSAN,MS. R DEVI,B KALITA,MS. U NANDA,MR. P S BISWAS Advocate for the Respondent : PP, ASSAM, BEFORE HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE MITALI THAKURIA ORDER Date : 18-09-2025 Heard Mr. S.C. Biswas, the learned counsel for the petitioner and also heard Mr. K. Baishya, the learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing on Page No.# 2/3 behalf of State respondent. 2. This is an application u/s 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 praying for pre-arrest bail in favour of the accused/petitioner in connection with Manikpur P.S. Case No. 43/2025 u/s 189(2)/117(2)/109 of BNS, 2023. 3. Scanned copy of the TCR has already been received. 4. It is submitted by Mr. Biswas that the accused/petitioner is innocent and no way connected with the alleged offence. He was not aware about the pendency of this case. But, subsequently he came to know that summons is issued against him wherein he is shown as an absconder in the charge-sheet. 5. Mr. Biswas further submitted that from the medical/injury report of the victim it shows that he sustained simple lacerated injury and there is no grievous injury to establish a case u/s 109 BNSS. However, the present petitioner is ready and willing to contest the case by appearing before the learned Court below on each and every date to be fixed, if he is granted with some interim protection. 6. Mr. Baishya, the learned Additional Public Prosecutor submitted in this regard that only summons is issued against the present petitioner and the case is still at the stage of appearance. However, considering the conduct of the accused/petitioner he was shown as an absconder in the charge-sheet. 7. Hearing the submissions made by learned counsel for both sides and also considering the record, the petitioner is hereby directed to appear before the learned Trial Court below with a regular application for bail, which may be considered in accordance with law. Further, the accused/petitioner is hereby directed to appear before the learned Trial Court below within 15 (fifteen) days from the date of order and till then, no coercive action shall be taken against Page No.# 3/3 him. 8. With the above observations, this anticipatory bail application stands disposed of. JUDGE Comparing Assistant