Page No.# 1/4 GAHC010221902025 2025:GAU-AS:13486 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : Bail Appln./3222/2025 FAIZUL ISLAM @ FAIJUL ISLAM S/O- YUSUB ALI @ MD. EUSUB ALI @ MD. YUSUF ALI, R/O- VILL- BANGALMARA 1 NO. ISLAMPUR, P.S -BIHPURIA, PIN - 787054, DIST. - LAKHIMPUR, ASSAM. VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM REPRESENTED BY THE PP, ASSAM Advocate for the Petitioner : MS. S G BARUAH, MS C SAIKIA,MR. B BORGOHAIN,MR B SAIKIA,MR. S NEOG Advocate for the Respondent : PP, ASSAM, BEFORE HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE SHAMIMA JAHAN ORDER 26.09.2025 Heard Ms. S.G. Baruah, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner. Also heard Mr. B. Sharma, learned Addl. Public Prosecutor appearing for the State. By this application, the petitioner has prayed for bail in connection with Page No.# 2/4 Sessions Case No. 134/2025 pending before the Hon’ble Court of Additional Sessions Judge (FTC), Lakhimpur, North Lakhimpur corresponding to Bihpuria P.S. Case No. 138/2025 registered under Section 61(2)/318(4)/316(2)/178/179/3(5) of BNS, 2023. The FIR dated 07.07.2025 reveals that on the secret information when a search operation was conducted, the police personnel apprehended one Rajibul Hogue who was found carrying a plastic bag and upon being search made, a total amount of Rs. 14,43,000 suspected to be fake currency was found in his possession. In the said FIR, it is also written that during the operation, the petitioner was found accompanying the said Rajibul Hogue and when he saw the police personnel, he tried to flee from the spot by his motorcycle. Ms. S.G. Baruah, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the only allegation against the petitioner is that, he was found accompanying the main accused person i.e., Rajibul Hogue and that the grounds of arrest mentioned in the forwarding report showed that the petitioner had helped the said main accused. She also placed the charge sheet filed in the instant case where the charges against the petitioner were in connection with cheating, misappropriation and breach of trust and criminal conspiracy and as such, she submits that the petitioner has no connection with the recovery of the fake currency notes from the main accused. Page No.# 3/4 Mr. B. Sharma, learned Addl. Public Prosecutor however submits that the investigation was conducted and the charge sheet was submitted against the petitioner as well as the main accused and the petitioner was found helping the main accused in procuring and in possessing the fake currency notes. Upon consideration of the submissions made at the bar and upon the charges being instituted against the petitioner vide the charge sheet, this Court finds it fit that the petitioner may be released on bail on furnishing of a bail bond of Rs. 20,000/-(Rupees twenty thousand) with one (1) local surety of the like amount to the satisfaction of Sessions Judge, Lakhimpur, North Lakhimpur under the following conditions:- 1) The petitioner shall cooperate with the investigation and shall appear before the Sessions Judge, Lakhimpur, North Lakhimpur as and when called for. 2) The petitioner shall not tamper with the evidence or influence any of the witnesses. 3) The petitioner shall not leave the jurisdiction of the Sessions Judge, Lakhimpur, North Lakhimpur without prior permission of the said Court. Page No.# 4/4 The petition is disposed of. JUDGE Comparing Assistant