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2025:GAU-AS:16526
THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : AB/2653/2025 MD NAKIB RAHMAN SON OF MD. ABDUR RAHMAN, RESIDENT OF GELAKEY KALGAON, P.O.
P.S. GELAKEY DISTRICT SIVASAGAR, ASSAM MOBILE NO. 7896347055 VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, ASSAM Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. P D NAIR, MR. H ROHMAN,MR S R A NASER,MR G ALAM Advocate for the Respondent : PP, ASSAM,
BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJAN MONI KALITA
ORDER 02.12.2025 Heard Mr. H. Rohman, learned counsel appearing for the accused applicant and Mr. K. K. Das, learned Addl. PP for the State of Assam.
2. This is an application under Section 482 of the BNSS, 2023 praying
Page No.# 2/3 for grant of pre-arrest bail to the accused applicant in connection with Gelakey P.S. Case No. 37/2025 registered under Section 117(2)/85 of BNS read with Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961.
3. The gist of the allegation as narrated in the FIR is that the informant- complainant and the accused applicant got married on 30.07.2025 and started living as husband and wife. However immediately after the marriage, she was tortured by the mother-in-law, daughter-in-law and her husband demanding dowry and thereby, physically and mentally tortured her.
4. This Court, vide order dated 13.11.2025 allowed the accused applicant to go on interim pre-arrest bail. The learned counsel appearing for the accused applicant submits that the accused applicant has, in terms of the aforesaid order dated 13.11.2025, has appeared before the I.O. of the case on 2 (two) occasions i.e. on 14.11.2025 & 17.11.2025 and got his statement recorded. She submits that, on his appearance, the accused applicant was allowed to go on bail by the investigating authority on furnishing of bail bond in terms of the order dated 13.11.2025.
5. The learned Addl. PP submits that he does not have any information of appearance of the accused applicant as the Case Diary is not yet received.
6. However, considering the submission that the accused applicant has appeared before the I.O. of the case in terms of the order dated 13.11.2025, this Court is of the considered opinion that the interim pre- arrest bail granted vide order dated 13.11.2025 should be made absolute.
7. Accordingly, the instant Anticipatory Bail application is disposed of by
Page No.# 3/3 making the interim pre-arrest bail granted vide order dated 13.11.2025 absolute in the same terms and conditions. In view of the above, the instant Anticipatory Bail application is
disposed of as allowed.
JUDGE Comparing Assistant