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2025 DAILYLAW 26179 (GAU)

ABDUL MALEK v. THE STATE OF ASSAM AND ANR

Bail Appln./3093/2025 · 2025-11-09

Anjan Moni Kalita

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Page No.# 1/4 GAHC010214252025 2025:GAU-AS:15148 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : Bail Appln./3093/2025 ABDUL MALEK SON OF JELAM UDDIN, R/O VILL- TINKONIA, P.S. JOGIGHOPA, DIST. BONGAIGAON, ASSAM VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM AND ANR REP BY THE PP, ASSAM 2:KRISHNA KUMAR DAS SON OF LATE BIRENDRA KR DAS R/O VILL- AND P.O. MALEGARH P.S. JOGIGHOPA DIST. BONGAIGAON ASSAM PIN-783382 PH. NO. 600230297 Advocate for the Petitioner : MR A K AZAD, G UDDIN,MR. I HUSSAIN,MR N JAMAL Advocate for the Respondent : PP, ASSAM, MR. T DEURI, AMICUS CURIAE (R-2) Page No.# 2/4 BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJAN MONI KALITA ORDER 10.11.2025 1. Heard Mr. G. Uddin, learned counsel for the accused applicant as well as Mr. T. Deuri, learned Amicus Curiae for the respondent no.2. Also heard Mr. R.R. Kaushik, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. 2. This application under Section 483 of BNSS, 2023 has been filed by the accused applicant, namely, Abdul Malek, praying for grant of bail in connection with Jogighopa P.S Case No.93/2025 registered under Section 64(2) (m) of BNS, 2023, read with Section 6 of POCSO Act,2012. 3. An FIR dated 04.08.2025 was lodged by the informant alleging inter alia, that the accused applicant, namely, Abdul Malek, on the pretext of having love affair with the victim girl, who is a minor, had physical relationship with her; that though the villagers were suspecting a love affair and physical relationship between the accused applicant and the victim girl as they did not have any proper information, they did not do anything in that regard; that on 31.07.2025, one maternal uncle’s daughter of the victim girl informed the women of the village that the victim girl had given birth to a child and the child had been buried at the backside of their house; that on getting such information, the villagers went to the Page No.# 3/4 home of the victim girl and on questioning, the grandmother of the victim girl disclosed that the victim girl had given birth to a child; that the villagers then went to the backside of the house and found the dead body of a child buried behind the house. 4. Accordingly, an FIR was lodged and the aforementioned case was registered against the accused applicant. 5. The learned counsel for the accused applicant submits that the accused was arrested on 08.08.2025 and since then for the last 94 days, he is behind the bars. 6. He further submits that though the police has filed a charge-sheet, no charge has been framed against him as yet and in view of the aforesaid facts along with taking into account his long detention behind the bars, he prays that this Court may allow the accused applicant to go on bail. 7. On the other hand, the learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State submits that the offence involved is serious and heinous crime and as per the case diary which contains statements of the victim as well as the other witnesses clearly point fingers to the guilt of the accused applicant in the instant case. Therefore, he submits that this is not a fit case wherein this Court should allow the accused applicant to go on bail. 8. Mr. T. Deuri, learned Amicus Curiae for the respondent no.2 supports the submissions made by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State and submits that due to various incriminating materials against the accused applicant, this Court Page No.# 4/4 should not allow the accused applicant to go on bail at this stage. 9. This Court has gone through the case diary submitted before this Court as well as heard the submissions made by the respective counsel appearing for the parties. 10. After due consideration of the materials before this Court and finding various incriminating materials against the accused applicant, this Court is of the considered opinion that this is not fit case wherein the accused applicant should be allowed to go on bail at this stage. 11. In view of the aforesaid prima-facie finding, this instant bail application is rejected. 12. Accordingly, this bail application stands disposed of. JUDGE Comparing Assistant