Page No.# 1/3 GAHC010144622026 2026:GAU-AS:10432 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : Bail Appln./1934/2026 RUP KHATUN D/O.-ABDUL SAMAD R/O.-RUPAKUCHI, P.O. - KADONG, P.S.- BARCPEFA, DIST.-BARPETA, ASSAM. VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR. Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. J AHMED, H G DAISY,MR Z RAHMAN,MR. R ISLAM Advocate for the Respondent : PP, ASSAM, BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ROBIN PHUKAN ORDER Date : 29.07.2026 Heard Mr. J. Ahmed, learned counsel for the accused and Mr. P. Borthakur, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State respondent. 2. This petition, under Section 483, BNSS is preferred by accused, namely, Rup Khatun, who has been languishing in jail hazot in connection with Hajo P.S. Case No. 287/2026, under Sections 143(4)/87 of the BNS, 2023, for grant of Page No.# 2/3 bail. 3. It is to be noted here that the aforementioned case has been registered on the basis of an FIR lodged by one Pinku Barman on 01.07.2026. The essence of allegation in the FIR is that on 30.06.2026, at about 12:30 p.m., the victim has received a phone call from one mobile No. 8099532488, and since then, she has been found missing. Subsequently, the informant came to know that the owner of the mobile No. 8099532488, used to contact girls over phone and lure or induce them by making false promise or offering unlawful benefits, kidnap them, wrongfully confine them, with a view to sell them to traffickers, operating in other States, outside Assam. 4. Mr. Ahmed, the learned counsel for the accused submits that the accused is innocent and no way involved with the offence alleged in the FIR, and she has been languishing in jail hazot since 03.07.2026, and that she is ready to cooperate with the investigating agency, and therefore, Mr. Ahmed has contended to allow this petition. 5. On the other hand, Mr. Borthakur, learned Additional Public Prosecutor has produced the case diary before this Court and submits that the materials collected so far in the case diary are inadequate to show complicity of the accused with the offence alleged in the FIR. 6. Having heard the submissions of learned Advocates of both sides, this Court has carefully gone through the petition and the documents placed on record and also perused the case diary with the assistance of Mr. Borthakur, learned Additional Public Prosecutor. 7. In view of the materials collected so far in the case diary, this Court is of the view that further custodial detention of the accused may not be required for Page No.# 3/3 the interest of investigation. 8. Accordingly, this Court is inclined to allow the petition. It is provided that on furnishing a bond of Rs. 20,000/- with one surety of like amount, to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Hajo, the accused be enlarged on bail. 9. In terms of above, this bail application stands disposed of. 10. Case diary be returned. JUDGE Comparing Assistant