Page No.# 1/2 GAHC010242972024 undefined THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : AB/3043/2024 SHAHIDUL HOQUE S/O FAZLUL HOQUE, R/O VILLAGE DEWRIKUCHI, PS. AND DISTRICT BARPETA, ASSAM, PIN 781314 VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM REP BY THE PP, ASSAM Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. R ALI, MR. MUSTAFA HUSSAIN,MR H A AHMED Advocate for the Respondent : PP, ASSAM, BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ROBIN PHUKAN ORDER 20.01.2025 Heard Mr. R. Ali, learned counsel for the applicant and Mr. B. Sharma, learned Addl. P.P. for the State respondent. 2. Apprehending arrest in connection with any case lodged with the Barpeta Police Station, this application under Section 482 of the BNSS, is preferred by applicant namely, Shahidul Hoque for grant of pre-arrest bail. 3. Mr. Ali, learned counsel for the applicant submits that the present Page No.# 2/2 applicant is facing trial in the case of Barpeta P.S. Case No. 1715/2020, under Section 22(b) of the NDPS Act and he has been regularly appearing before the learned trial court. Mr. Ali further submits that he is being searched and harassed by police regularly and asked him to appear at the police station and therefore, he apprehends that he may be arrested in connection with any other cases pending at Barpeta Police Station. Therefore, Mr. Ali has contended to allow this petition. 4. On the other hand, Mr. Sharma, learned Addl. P.P. by producing a report received from the Officer In-Charge of Barpeta P.S. submits that no case is pending against the present applicant at Barpeta Police Station. 5. Perused the report. 6. It appears that no case is pending against the present applicant at Barpeta Police Station and as such, there is no apprehension of arrest and consequently, this application becomes infructuous and accordingly, the same stands closed. 7. The report submitted by the learned Addl. P.P., shall be kept as a record of this application. JUDGE Comparing Assistant