Page No.# 1/3 GAHC010229392025 undefined THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : AB/2473/2025 KAUSHIK GOGOI S/O TULESWAR GOGOI R/O BONDI BAMUNPUKHURI PS TINGKHANG DIST DIBRUGARH ASSAM VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM REP BY THE PP ASSAM Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. D GOGOI, Advocate for the Respondent : PP, ASSAM, BEFORE HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE SHAMIMA JAHAN ORDER Date : 17.10.2025 1. Heard Mr. G Chamuah, learned counsel for the petitioner. Also heard Mr. K.K Parashar, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State of Assam. 2. By this application under Section 482 of the BNSS, 2023 the petitioner has prayed for pre-arrest bail in connection with Sivasagar P.S Case No. Page No.# 2/3 151/2025 registered under Section 351/308 of the BNS, 2023 R/W Section 67/67(A) of the Information Technology Act. 3. The FIR dated 27.09.2025 reveals that the petitioner, who is a reporter in a news channel, became friends with the informant and that they had developed a relationship between them and they stayed together and that the petitioner is alleged to have stayed with the victim with an oblique intent and pursuance to the same, the petitioner is stated to have collected all his phone numbers and used to make calls to his friends through his phone and also that he sends his objectionable photos to his friends along with other actions. 4. Mr. G Chamuah, learned counsel for the petitioner, however, submits that the story narrated in the FIR is a concocted story and that when the informant started demanding money from the petitioner and on non-receipt of the same he lodged the ejahar. 5. Mr. K.K Parashar, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State of Assam, however, submits that the allegations made in the FIR are serious in nature involving the personal life of the informant. 6. On consideration of the submissions made at the bar and on the counter-FIR lodged on the next day by the petitioner against the informant, this Court deems it fit that the petitioner may be released on pre-arrest bail on furnishing of a bail bond of Rs. 20,000/- with 1(one) local surety of the like amount to the satisfaction of the arresting authority under the following conditions : (i) The petitioner shall cooperate with the investigation and appear before the I/O within 7(seven) days from the date of this order. Page No.# 3/3 (ii) The petitioner shall not tamper with the evidence or influence the witnesses connected with the case. (iii) The petitioner shall not leave his place of residence without the permission of the arresting authority. 7. In view of the above, the petition stands disposed of. JUDGE Comparing Assistant