Page No.# 1/2 GAHC010284372025 2026:GAU-AS:2477 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : AB/3053/2025 JAO PEGU S/O- NOI PEGU, VILL- DEHING KALGHAR, P.O- DEHINGMUKH, P.S- DIMOW, DIST.- SIVASAGAR, ASSAM-785671 VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, ASSAM Advocate for the Petitioner : MR A R BHUYAN, MR M KHAN,MR S ABDULLAH Advocate for the Respondent : SC, FOREST, BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH MAZUMDAR ORDER Date : 17.02.2026 Heard Mr. A.R. Bhuyan, learned counsel for the petitioner. Mr. D. Gogoi, learned Standing Counsel for the Forest Department, has submitted that the matter has been charge-sheeted and the trial has commenced and charges are yet to be framed. 2. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that other co-accused in the matter had been granted bail by this Court and also by the learned Sessions Court. Page No.# 2/2 3. The learned Sessions Court had granted the bail on the basis of violation of the provisions of Sections 47 and 48 of the BNSS, 2023, while for the accused, the consideration by this Court was different. 4. Mr. A. R. Bhuyan, has submitted that the petitioner is ready to co-operate with the trial proceedings and there is an apprehension that he might be arrested before he appears, before the learned trial Court. 5. In such circumstances since that charge sheet has been submitted, the AB is disposed of directing the petitioner to appear before the learned Trial Court on or before 6th of March, 2026 and to pray for regular bail. 6. It is provided that if in the meantime the petitioner is taken into the custody, the petitioner shall be released on furnishing a bail bond before the arresting authority for an amount of Rs. 10, 000/- to the satisfaction of the arresting authority on the appearance of the petitioner before the learned Trial Court and on praying for bail, the learned Trial Court shall consider the petition on its own merits, along with the fact that the other co-accused had been released on the bail. 7. The learned trial Court shall be entitled to put such conditions on the petitioner while granting his bail, as may be deemed fit. 8. Anticipatory Bail Application stands disposed of. JUDGE Comparing Assistant