Page No.# 1/2 GAHC010000032026 undefined THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : Bail Appln./27/2026 IKBAL HUSSAIN ALIAS IKBAL AHMED S/O. JAMAL UDDIN ALIAS BABU, R/O. VILLAGE KABARIBOND, P.S. PATHARKANDI, DISTRICT SRIBHUMI, ASSAM. VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM REPRESENTED BY THE P.P., ASSAM Advocate for the Petitioner : MRS. S D CHOUDHURY, Advocate for the Respondent : PP, ASSAM, BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRANJAL DAS ORDER Date : 04.02.2026 Heard Mr. S. Munir, learned counsel for the petitioner. Also heard Mr. D.P. Goswami, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. 2. This application has been filed under section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraskha Sanhita, 2023, whereby the accused petitioner namely, Page No.# 2/2 Ikbal Hussain @ Ikbal Ahmed, has prayed for bail in connection with Patharkandi P.S. Case No. 253/2025 under Section 31(2)/103(2)/238 of BNS, 2023. 3. The petitioner was arrested on 03.12.2025. 4. On 01.12.2025, one FIR was lodged with the allegation that on 25.11.2025 in the evening one Iqbal Hussain, the petitioner came to the house of the informant and took his son Sadikul Hoque on a motor cycle. Later he found in injured condition and taken to the hospital but he was found to be dead. Subsequently, video recorded by one Abdul Sahid was stated to be sent to them which showed six persons including the present petitioner assaulting the deceased. 5. Case diary has been received. 6. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner and the deceased were friends and that the deceased unfortunately was also drugs addicts. Nevertheless, the prosecution submits that the petitioner is implicated sufficiently by the materials. Investigation is not yet over. 7. In view of the same, perhaps it would be prudent to refuse bail at this stage. 8. Accordingly, the instant bail petition stands rejected at this stage. JUDGE Comparing Assistant