Page No.# 1/3 GAHC010196352025 2025:GAU-AS:13280 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : Bail Appln./2878/2025 SRI PRANAB KR BARMAN S/O- SRI NARESWAR BARMAN. R/O- VILL- BARJAR, P.S.- NALBARI, DIST.- NALBARI, ASSAM, PIN - 781346. VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM REPRESENTED BY THE PP, ASSAM Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. R SARMA, MR. J K ROY Advocate for the Respondent : PP, ASSAM, MR S N KRISHNATRAYA (INFORMANT) BEFORE HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE SHAMIMA JAHAN ORDER 25.09.2025 Heard Mr. R. Sharma, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. R. Kaushik, learned Addl. P.P., Assam for the State. Also heard Mr. S. N. Krishnatraya, learned counsel appearing for the informant. By this application filed under Section 483 of the BNSS, 2023 the petitioner, viz., Sri Pranab Kumar Barman has prayed for bail in connection Page No.# 2/3 with Nalbari Police Station Case No.171/2025 registered under Sections 85/86 of the BNS, 2023 read with Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act read with Section 3(1) of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. The F.I.R. dated 11.05.2025 reveals that the petitioner had married the informant and out of the wedlock one male child was born, who was of 6 years of age. It is alleged in the F.I.R. that after the marriage the informant was mentally tortured and was not allowed to attend any social function and was also not allowed to go to the temple on the ground that she was from a tribal community and that the petitioner and his family members were allegedly of a higher class. It is also alleged in the F.I.R. that the petitioner and his family members had tortured the victim by snatching her ATM Card as well as her money without her consent. Mr. Sharma, learned counsel for the petitioner, however, submits that the story narrated in the F.I.R. was due to some misunderstanding between the parties and that the parties have entered into a settlement amongst them. Mr. S. N. Krishnatraya, learned counsel for the informant has filed one affidavit stating inter-alia that he has no objection more so, the minor son had insisted upon getting his father out of the jail and that the family would stay together. Mr. R. Kaushik, learned Addl. P.P. for the State fairly submits that since the petitioner and the victim are married since long and they have a son who is a Page No.# 3/3 school going student should stay together for a better life. Mr. Kaushik further submits that the charge-sheet in the instant case has been filed. In view of the submissions made by the learned counsel for the parties and in view of the contents of the F.I.R. and that since the charge-sheet has been filed in the instant case, this Court finds it fit that the petitioner may be released on bail on furnishing of a bail bond of Rs.20,000/- with one local surety of the like amount to satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nalbari under the following conditions :- (1) That the petitioner shall cooperate with the trial of the case and shall appear before the Trial Court 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. (3) That the petitioner shall not leave the jurisdiction of the Trial Court without prior permission. The Bail Application stands disposed of. JUDGE Comparing Assistant