Page No.# 1/3 GAHC010137622026 2026:GAU-AS:12356 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : Bail Appln./1946/2026 SRI RAJIB GOGOI SON OF LATE NIREN GOGOI R/O - BAWTOLI P.S. - MARIANI DIST. - JORHAT, ASSAM VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM AND ANR REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, ASSAM 2:SRI HIRAKJYOTI GOGOI S/O - LATE SUSEN GOGOI R/O - LAHDOIGARH MORANGAON P.S. - TEOK DISTRICT - JORHAT ASSAM PHONE NO. 600116515 Advocate for the Petitioner : MS B R A SULTANA, LEGAL AID COUNSEL Advocate for the Respondent : PP, ASSAM, BEFORE HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE SHAMIMA JAHAN ORDER Date : 27.08.2026 Heard Ms. B. R. A Sultana, the learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. R. J. Baruah, the learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State of Assam. Page No.# 2/3 2. By this application the petitioner has prayed for bail in connection with Mariani P.S. Case No. 53/2025, registered under Sections109 (1)/117(2) of BNS, 2023. 3. The prosecution story is that on 06.04.2025, when the complainant’s elder brother went to the house of one, Sujit Gogoi and they were discussing about work, the younger brother of Sujit Gogoi, namely, Rajib Gogoi, the petitioner, hit the deceased, i.e., the bother of the of the informant from the back side with a catapult. It further alleged that as a result of the said hit, the injured was taken to the hospital and that during the treatment, he expired. 4. Ms. B. R. A. Sultana, the learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was arrested on 27.04.2025 and that it is almost 15 (fifteen) months that the petitioner has been inside the jail. She submits that although the trial is going on but 4 more witnesses are yet to be examined. She as such, prays for bail on the ground of long incarceration. 5. Mr. R. J. Baruah, the learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State of Assam, however, on perusal of the trial court records, submits that there are eye witnesses in the instant case and one of them was examined and the other one is yet to be examined. 6. Upon consideration of the submissions made by the learned counsel, moreso, in view of the fact that the eye witness, who was examined as PW No.5 did not stated before the trial court that she has seen the incident along with the fact that the petitioner has been inside for 15 (Fifteen) month, this Court deems it fit, the petitioner be released on bail on furnishing of a bail bond of Page No.# 3/3 Rs. 20,000/- (Rs. Twenty Thousand only) with one local surety of the like amount to the satisfaction of the learned Sessions Judge, Jorhat, under the following conditions: (i) He shall appear before the Court as and when called for. (ii) He shall not hamper and tamper with the evidence of the case, and/or influence the witness connected with the case. (iii) He will not leave the residence without the permission of the learned Sessions Judge, Jorhat. 7. The bail applications stands disposed of. JUDGE Comparing Assistant