Page No.# 1/3 GAHC010125222026 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : Bail Appln./1647/2026 MD ARSHAD ALI S/O MD. USHMAN ALI, R/O VILLAGEDIGHALIBAM, P.S. DERGAON, DISTRICTGOLAGHAT, ASSAM. VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM REP BY THE PP, ASSAM Advocate for the Petitioner : MR S M ABDULLAH P, MR. A E HUSSAIN,MR. S HAQUE Advocate for the Respondent : PP, ASSAM, BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANJEEV KUMAR SHARMA ORDER Date : 31 .0 7 . 2026 Heard Mr. SM Abdullah P, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. R.J. Baruah, learned Addl. Public Prosecutor, Assam for the State respondent. 2. This bail application has been filed by the petitioner namely, Md. Arshad Ali under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, seeking regular bail in connection with Sonari P.S. Case No. 31/2026, registered under Sections 318(4)/ 181/ 3(5) of the BNS, 2023. Page No.# 2/3 3. Case diary as called for is received and perused. 4. The allegation against the petitioner, in brief, is that during the course of Nacka Checking conducted on 25.01.2026 at Chenigodam under Sonari Police Station, police intercepted a vehicle in which the petitioner was travelling and after interception certain articles were recovered which were suspected to be used for making fake Indian currency notes. Upon interception, the apprehended persons failed to give satisfaction regarding recovered items. Accordingly, the petitioner alongwith other co-accused persons were arrested on the same date. 5. The learned Addl. P.P. has submitted that there are materials against the petitioner in the case diary and he opposed the prayer for the bail at this stage. 6. On perusal of the seizure list, which shows that no fake Indian currency notes were recovered from the possession of the present petitioner. In the meantime, the petitioner has spent 71 days behind the bars. As the case has already been charge sheeted, further detention is considered not necessary. Accordingly, the prayer for bail is allowed. 7. Having regard to the above and considering the period of detention already undergone by the petitioner, it is directed that the petitioner named above shall be released on bail on furnishing a bond of Rs. 50,000/- (Rupees fifty thousand) only with two sureties of the like amount to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Charaideo, Assam in connection with the aforementioned case, subject to the following conditions that: (i) the petitioner shall regularly appear before the trial Court as and when trial commences, and; Page No.# 3/3 (ii) the petitioner shall not try to influence or intimidate any person or the witnesses, who are acquainted with the facts of the case, in any manner. 8. The bail application is disposed of. 9. Return the case diary. JUDGE Comparing Assistant