Page No.# 1/3 GAHC010145492026 2026:GAU-AS:10068 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : Bail Appln./1962/2026 GULAP ALI AND 3 ORS. S/O. SURMAN ALI, R/O. VILLAGE AKSHITARI, PATHALIPARA, P.S. NAGARBERA DISTRICT KAMRUP, ASSAM. 2: AMJAD ALI S/O. GOFUR TALUKDAR R/O. VILL. 2 NO.POLAHARTARI P.S. NAGARBERA DISTRICT KAMRUP ASSAM. 3: SHAHJAHAN ALI S/O. SAHAR ALI. R/O. VILLAGE AKSHITARI PATHALIPARA P.S. NAGARBERA DISTRICT KAMRUP ASSA. 4: MONOWAR HUSSAIN S/O. AYNAL HOQUE R/O. VILLAGE 1 NO. POLAHARTARI P.S. NAGARBERA DISTRICT KAMRUP ASSAM VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM , REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, ASSAM Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. B CHOWDHURY, MR M HOQUE Advocate for the Respondent : PP, ASSAM, Page No.# 2/3 BEFORE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJEEV KUMAR SHARMA ORDER 22-07-20 26 Heard Mr. B. Chowdhury, learned counsel for the petitioners and Mr. P. Borthakur, learned Additional Public Prosecutor, for the State. 2. This application has been filed under Section 483 BNSS, seeking bail of the petitioners, namely, (i) Gulap Ali; (ii) Amjad Ali; (iii) Shahjahan Ali and (iv) Monowar Hussain, who were arrested on 13.07.2026 in connection with Nagarbera P.S. Case No. 40/2026 registered under Sections 14/16 of the Assam Game and Betting Act, 1970. 3. The allegation in the FIR is that upon receiving information that some persons were gambling near the market in Khameri under Nagarbera Police Station a raid was conducted and the petitioners were apprehended while gambling and a Rs.10 coin and cash amount of Rs.34,840/- was recovered from them. 4. The learned counsel for the petitioners submit that the petitioners are fishermen, who were discussing some matters amongst themselves and the money recovered was their own money from the sale proceeds of fish. 5. It is further submitted on behalf of the petitioners that the cash amount and the coin has been seized and there remains no necessity of keeping the petitioners in custody for further period, as they have already spent 10 days behind the bar. 6. Case diary is also available submits the learned Addl. PP. Page No.# 3/3 7. Having regard to the nature of the allegation and the period of detention, the prayer for bail is allowed. 8. Accordingly, the above-named petitioners are allowed to go on bail of Rs.50,000/- (Rupees Fifty Thousand) each only, with 2 (two) local sureties of like amount subject to the satisfaction of the learned JMFC, Boko, Kamrup with following conditions: (i) That the petitioners shall not hamper with the investigation, or tamper with the evidence of the case. (ii) That the petitioners 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. (iii) That the petitioners shall not commit any offence while on bail. 9. Violation of bail conditions might entail cancellation of the bail. 10. With the above observations, this bail application is disposed of. 11. Return the case diary. JUDGE Comparing Assistant