Page No.# 1/3 GAHC010154692026 undefined THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : AB/1707/2026 CHIRAJ ALI SON OF LATE NAZIR ALI VILLAGE- BHOLAGAON POST OFFICE- SIKARHATI POLICE STATION-PALASHBARI DISTRICT -KAMRUP ASSAM PIN-781125 VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, ASSAM Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. K N CHOUDHURY, MS. L WANGSA,N GAUTAM,MR. B RAHMAN,MR. T DEURI Advocate for the Respondent : PP, ASSAM, BEFORE HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE SHAMIMA JAHAN ORDER Date : 31.07.2026 Heard Mr. K.N. Choudhury, learned Senior Counsel assisted by Mr. B. Rahman, learned Counsel for the petitioner and Ms. S.H. Bora, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Page No.# 2/3 2. By this application, the petitioner has prayed for pre-arrest bail in connection with Palashbari Police Station Case No.171/2026 registered under Sections 61(2)/318(4)/316(5) of the BNS, 2023. The FIR in connection with which the petitioner apprehends arrest was lodged by some of the depositors of money on 21.07.2026 wherein it was stated that the petitioner being the founder and President of Rani Bholagaon Panchayat Samabai Samittee Limited, he without complying the directions of the RBI as well as in violation of the provisions of rules regulations applicable to the cooperative society induced persons to deposit money in various savings and security deposit scheme with the promise that the deposited money would accrue profits and the same would be returned to the depositors. The informants further alleged that they had deposited money with the petitioner in the account of the Samittee but neither the profits nor the principal amount was given back to them. It is also alleged that various documents were also deposited but the same were not returned to the respective parties. 3. The learned Senior Counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is no longer President of the said Samabai Samittee as he resigned from the said post on 23.02.2024 and that he further submits that the petitioner is no way connected with the offence at hand. 4. Ms. S.H. Bora, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State however submits that there are clear allegations that the money was deposited in the Samabai Samittee of which the petitioner was the President at the relevant point of time but the same was not returned to the depositors. 5. Upon consideration of the submissions made by the learned Counsels for Page No.# 3/3 the parties and more so, in view of the fact that the money was deposited in the account maintained by the Samittee, this Court finds it fit to enlarge the petitioner on pre arrest bail on furnishing of bail bond of Rs. 20,000/- with one local surety of the like amount to the satisfaction of Arresting Authority under the following conditions: i) the petitioner to appear before the Investigating Officer within a period of 10 days from the date of the order. ii) the petitioner will appear before the Investigating Officer thereafter as and when called for. iii) the petitioner will not hamper, tamper with the evidence, neither influence the witnesses connected with the case. iv) the petitioner will not leave the place of jurisdiction without the permission of the Arresting Authority. iv) if the petitioner fails to appear before the Investigating Officer within the stipulated date, his bail order will be amenable for cancellation by the concerned Court. 6. Petition is disposed of. JUDGE Comparing Assistant