Page No.# 1/3 GAHC010259652025 2025:GAU-AS:16789 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : Bail Appln./3840/2025 SHAHJAHAN AHMED LASKAR AND ANR S/O KUTUB UDDIN LASKAR VILL- CHANGMAJI PATHAR, P.S. DOBOKA, DIST. HOJAI, ASSAM 2: AMDADUL HAQUE @ IMDADUL HOQUE S/O IDRISH ALI VILL- CHANGMAJI PATHAR P.S. DOBOKA DIST. HOJAI ASSA VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM REP BY THE PP, ASSAM Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. A M AHMED, P. GHOSH,B DAS Advocate for the Respondent : PP, ASSAM, BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJAN MONI KALITA ORDER Date : 05.12.2025 Heard Mr. A. M. Ahmed, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the accused- applicants. Also heard Mr. K. Das, learned Addl. Public Prosecutor, representing the Page No.# 2/3 State respondent. 2. This is an application filed under Section 483 of the BNSS, 2023, praying for granting bail to the accused-applicant in connection with Nagaon P.S. Case No. 913/2025, registered under Sections 143(2)/3(5) of the BNS read with Sections 3/4/5/7 of Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956. 3. The allegation as narrated in the FIR dated 15.11.2025 is that on receipt of certain confidential information, the police went to one Dhaba named as Bindas Dhaba in Borhat area under Nagaon Police Station, the police found the accused-applicants along with other persons and 3(three) girls. The aforesaid persons were suspected to be involved in a sex racket. The allegation against the accused-applicants is that they were customers of the girls found in the Dhaba. 4. On receipt of the aforesaid FIR, the police registered Nagaon P.S. Case No. 913/2025, under the aforementioned Sections. 5. The learned counsel for the accused-applicants submits that the accused-applicants are, in fact, only the customers and they are not involved in any activities of immoral trafficking as alleged in the FIR. He further submits that they are behind the bar for the last 20(twenty) days, looking into the allegations against the accused-applicants, they should be granted bail at this stage. 6. Mr. K. Das, learned Addl. P.P., on the other hand, submits that all the accused- applicants are involved in immoral trafficking by running the sex racket, and therefore, opposes granting of bail to the accused-applicants at this stage. 7. This Court has gone through the materials brought on record as well as heard the submissions made by the learned counsel for the respective parties. 8. On considering the allegations made in the FIR dated 15.11.2025 as well as the length of detention, this Court is of the considered opinion that the accused-applicants should be released on bail. Accordingly, the accused-applicants are directed to be Page No.# 3/3 released on bail forthwith on furnishing of bail bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) each with sureties of like nature to the satisfaction of the learned CJM, Nagaon, subject to the following conditions: - (1) That the accused-applicants shall appear before the Investigating officer as and when called for and fully co-operate in the investigation of the case. (2) The accused-applicants shall not hamper the investigation nor tamper with any evidence or influence any witnesses connected with the case. 9. Accordingly, the instant bail application is disposed of as allowed. JUDGE Comparing Assistant