Page No.# 1/4 GAHC020007282025 2025:GAU-NL:533 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) KOHIMA BENCH Case No. : AB/26/2025 SHRI DINESH KUMAR SINGH SON OF GANGA SAGAR SINGH, PRESENTLY AT PADUM PUKHURI VILLAGE, DIMAPUR NAGALAND VERSUS STATE OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH AND ANR REPRESENTED BY THE OFFICER-IN-CHARGE, LAZU POLICE STATION, TIRAP DISTRICT, ARUNACHAL PRADESH 2:STATE OF NAGALAND REPRESENTED BY THE OFFICER-IN-CHARGE EAST POLICE STATION DIMAPUR NAGALAN Advocate for the Petitioner : MIKA H AYE, LIMIKA KINIMI Advocate for the Respondent : , BEFORE HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE YARENJUNGLA LONGKUMER O R D E R 06.11.2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, Ms. Mika H. Aye and also learned Public Prosecutor, Mr. K. Angami for the Proforma Respondent No. 2. Page No.# 2/4 2. This application under Section 482 of the BNSS, 2023 has been filed by the petitioner praying for grant of pre-arrest transit bail in connection with Lazu Police Station Case No. 02/2025 under Section 111(2) (b)/111(4)/308(5), BNS read with Section 13(1) UA(P) Act. 3. The case of the petitioner is that the petitioner is a businessman by profession and a resident of Dimapur. On 10.10.2025, the petitioner received an email dated 10.10.2025 from the AXIS Bank conveying that his account has been frozen. On enquiry from the bank, the petitioner was informed that the bank had received a notice under Section 106 of the BNSS, 2023 for freezing of the account. In the said notice it was alleged that during the investigation of the Lazu Police Station Case No. 02/2025, the amount suspected to be extorted had been transferred to other accounts using UPI linked to the petitioner’s phone number. 4. The petitioner approached the East Police Station Dimapur wherein the contact number of One Sub-Inspector of Tirap Police Station was given and he was told to bring the documents related to the case on 22.10.2025 at 7:00 PM. 5. The petitioner, in compliance to the verbal direction, appeared before the I.O. of the case at Lazu P.S. on 22.10.2025. However, the I.O. of the case issued the notice dated Nil to the petitioner under Section 35(3), BNSS to appear on 06.11.2025 at 10:00 AM in connection with Lazu P.S. Case No. 02/2025. Apprehending arrest, the petitioner has approached this Court in this petition under Section 482 of the BNSS. 6. The petitioner has also filed an additional affidavit bringing to the Page No.# 3/4 notice of this Court that since the notice under Section 35(3), BNSS has been received to appear before the I.O. at Lazu P.S., Tirap District, Arunachal Pradesh on 06.11.2023, the petitioner is praying for a transit anticipatory bail so as to enable him to appear before the competent court and file an application for pre-arrest bail. 7. The learned counsel for the petitioner has relied on the case of Nikita Jacob Versus State of Maharashtra reported in 2021 SCC Online Bom 13919 and also the case of Priya Indoriya Versus State of Karnataka reported in (2024) 4SCC 749. The petitioner, by relying on the above mentioned cases has submitted that there is no bar on the part of this Court to grant a transit anticipatory bail to enable the petitioner to approach the competent court where the offence is alleged to have been committed and the case is registered. 8. Learned counsel for the petitioner also submits that a Coordinate Bench of this Court in AB/4/2023, by an Order dated 28.03.2023 had allowed an interim transit bail to the petitioner to approach the competent court for seeking appropriate relief. The petitioner has, therefore, submitted that this Court may be pleased to allow the present application in order to enable the petitioner to approach the competent court at Arunachal Pradesh. 9. Learned Public Prosecutor, Mr. K. Angami appears for the State of Nagaland, who is impleaded as the Proforma Respondent in the present case. Learned P.P. has, therefore, submitted that the matter is left to the discretion of this Court in view of the law as laid down by the Hon’ble Supreme Court. Page No.# 4/4 10. Upon going through the pleadings in the petition as well as in the additional affidavit, this Court is of the view that the petitioner has made out a case for granting interim transit bail. Accordingly, it is directed that in the event of arrest of the petitioner in connection with the Lazu P.S. Case No. 02/2025, he shall be released on the execution of a personal bond of Rs. 30,000/- (Rupees Thirty Thousand Only) to the satisfaction of the arresting authority. This transit anticipatory bail is granted for a period of 3 (three) weeks from the date of this Order in order to enable the petitioner to approach the competent court at Arunachal Pradesh for seeking appropriate relief. With the above direction, the petition stands disposed. JUDGE Comparing Assistant