Page No.# 1/4 GAHC010054422025 2025:GAU-AS:3503 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : Bail Appln./803/2025 RIDIP DEURI @ DEORI S/O JOYSING DEURI R/OJOYPURPISOLA GAON, P.S. NARAYANPUR DIST. LAKHIMPUR, ASSAM VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM REP BY THE PP, ASSAM Advocate for the Petitioner : MR A K BORAH, MR. H S BORAH Advocate for the Respondent : PP, ASSAM, BEFORE HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE MITALI THAKURIA ORDER Date : 26.03.2025 Heard Mr. H. S. Borah, learned counsel for the petitioner. Also heard Mr. R. J. Baruah, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State respondent. Page No.# 2/4 2. This is an application under Section 483 of BNSS, 2023, praying for grant of bail to the accused/petitioner, who has been arrested in connection with Laluk P.S. Case No. 29/2025, under Sections 21(b)/20(b)(ii)(B)/29 of the NDPS Act. 3. Case Diary has been received. Perused the same. Heard both sides. 4. It is submitted by Mr. Borah, learned counsel for the petitioner, that the present accused/petitioner is innocent and he is no way connected in the alleged offence nor he is the F.I.R. named accused person. However, he got arrested in connection with this case only on the basis of the statement of the co-accused that he along with another co-accused had supplied 6.480 Kgs of Ganga. But nothing has been seized from his conscious possession. More so, the petitioner is no way related in the recovery of the other contraband, i.e. Heroin. He further submitted that the accused/petitioner is in custody since 06.02.2025 and thus, the I.O. got sufficient time for his custodial interrogation. However, he is ready and willing to co-operate the I.O. in further investigation of this case if he is granted with the privilege of bail. 5. Mr. Baruah, learned Additional Public Prosecutor, submitted in this regard that as per the materials available in the Case Diary, the present accused/petitioner, along with another co-accused, used to supply Ganja to the other co-accused persons and as per the Seizure List, the quantity of Heroine is 32.18 gram, which is recovered from the possession of the accused/petitioner. He further submitted that the FSL Report is yet to be collected by the I.O., though there is sufficient progress in the investigation. 6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsels for both sides Page No.# 3/4 and also considering the entire facts and circumstances of this case, without going into the detail of the merit of the case and only considering the length of detention of 49 days which is already undergone by the accused/petitioner, I find that further custodial interrogation of the present accused/ petitioner may not be necessary for the interest of investigation and therefore, I find it a fit case to grant the privilege of bail to the present accused/petitioner. 7. 7. Accordingly, it is provided that on furnishing a bond of Rs. 30,000/- (Rupees thirty thousand) only with one surety of like amount to the satisfaction of the learned Special Judge (NDPS), Lakhimpur, North Lakhimpur, the accused/petitioner, namely, Ridip Deuri @ Deori, be enlarged on bail, subject to the following conditions: (i) that the petitioner shall make himself available for interrogation by the Investigating Officer as and when required; (ii) that the petitioner shall not, directly or indirectly, make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him from disclosing such facts to the Court or to any police officer; and (iii) that the petitioner shall not leave the jurisdiction of the learned Special Judge (NDPS), Lakhimpur, North Lakhimpur,without prior permission. Page No.# 4/4 8. In terms of above, this bail application stands disposed of. JUDGE Comparing Assistant