Page No.# 1/3 GAHC010270412024 2025:GAU-AS:645 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : AB/3342/2024 MR PRABIR PAUL S/O BABUL PAUL, RESIDENT OF HOUSE NO. 1, PRAGATI PATH LAL GANESH, PS DISPUR DIST. KAMRUP M ASSAM VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, ASSAM Advocate for the Petitioner : MS. P BORAH, MR. K BORUAH,MR. M ALAM Advocate for the Respondent : PP, ASSAM, BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ROBIN PHUKAN ORDER Date : 22.01.2025 Heard Mr. K. Boruah, learned counsel for the applicant. Also heard Mr. B. Sarma, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State respondent. 2. Apprehending arrest in connection with Bongaigaon GRPS Case No. 82/2024, under Sections 61(2)/303(2)/317(2)/336(3) of the BNS, this Page No.# 2/3 application under Section 482, BNSS is preferred by applicant, namely, Mr. Prabir Paul, for grant of pre-arrest bail. 3. The aforementioned case has been registered on the basis of an FIR lodged by ASI Bijay Kumar Singh on 15.07.2024. The essence of allegation against the applicant is that 90 bags of areca nuts, containing of total 8100 kg, were being transported in a train from Agartala to South India, which were suspected to be smuggled from Myanmar. 4. Mr. Boruah, learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant has been granted the privilege of interim pre-arrest bail, vide order dated 18.12.2024, and pursuant to the said order, he has also appeared before the I.O. and he has been cooperating with the investigating agency. Mr. Boruah further submits that the applicant had all the valid documents in transporting the areca nuts to South India, and that he is innocent and ready to cooperate with the investigating agency, and therefore, a contention is being made that the interim order dated 18.12.2024, may be made absolute in the same terms and conditions. 5. On the other hand, Mr. Sarma, the learned Additional Public Prosecutor submits that he has not received the case diary, but as per his instruction, the I.O. has returned the case in F.R., being F.R. No. 49, dated 01.11.2024. 6. Having heard the submissions of learned Advocates of both sides, I have gone through the application and the documents placed on record. 7. In view of the submissions of learned Advocates of both sides, this Court is inclined to dispose of this application by making the interim order dated 18.12.2024, absolute in the same terms and conditions. Page No.# 3/3 8. In terms of above, this application stands disposed of. JUDGE Comparing Assistant