Page No.# 1/3 GAHC010149732026 2026:GAU-AS:10059 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : AB/1648/2026 NARENDRA BORAH ALIAS NAREN BORAH AND 3 ORS. SON OF LATE DUTIRAM BORAH 2: UDITTA KUMAR BORAH SON OF NARENDRA BORAH 3: DIPANKAR JYOTI BORAH DIPANKAR JYOTI BORAH 4: LILAWATI BORAH SON OF NARENDRA BORAH ALL ARE RESIDENTS OF VILL. UPOBAR LACHIT NAGAR P.S. KAMPUR DIST. NAGAON ASSA VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM TO BE REPRESENTED BY THE LEARNED PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, ASSAM Advocate for the Petitioner : MR SARFRAZ NAWAZ, R MALI,MR. SURAJIT DAS,MD A RAHMAN,MR A W AMAN Advocate for the Respondent : PP, ASSAM, BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANJEEV KUMAR SHARMA ORDER Page No.# 2/3 22.07.2026 Heard Mr. S. Nawaz, learned counsel for the petitioners. Also heard Mr. P. Borthakur, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. 2. This petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, whereby the petitioners, namely, (1) Narendra Borah @ Naren Borah (2) Uditta Kumar Borah (3) Dipankar Jyoti Borah and (4) Lilawati Borah, have prayed for granting pre-arrest bail, apprehending arrest in connection with Nagaon P.S. Case No. 536/2026 under Section 83/296/3(5) of BNS, 2023. 3. The allegations as contained in the FIR is that a marriage was arranged between the petitioner No.2 and the informant girl and in this regard a ring ceremony also took place but subsequently, although the date of marriage was fixed, the petitioner’s family cancelled the marriage without showing any reason. When the informant side went to the house of the petitioners and questioned them, they abused them with obscene language. 4. The case is registered under Section 83/296/3(5) BNS. However, from the contents of the FIR itself, prima facie there does not appear to be any element of criminality. Having regard to the same the prayer for pre- arrest bail is allowed. 5. Accordingly, it is provided that in the event of arrest of the petitioners, named above, in connection with above mentioned case, they shall be released on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- each with a suitable surety each of the like amount, to the satisfaction of the arresting authority. The direction for pre-arrest bail is subject to the conditions that the Page No.# 3/3 petitioners: (a) Shall co-operate with the remaining investigation; (b) Shall not hamper or tamper with the evidence of the case. 6. The observation made herein are only for the purpose of instant application and shall have no bearing in any other proceeding. 7. Accordingly, this anticipatory bail application stands allowed and disposed of. JUDGE Comparing Assistant