Page No.# 1/4 GAHC010169582026 2026:GAU-AS:12693 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : AB/1890/2026 KHUKSED ALI AND 3 ORS. S/O LATE MAHAMMAD ALI VILL- TEMURA, P.S- BARPETA, DIST- BARPETA, ASSAM 2: RASHED ALI S/O LATE MAHAMMAD ALI VILL- TEMURA P.S- BARPETA DIST- BARPETA ASSAM 3: BASIRAN NESSA W/O KASHEM ALI VILL- DONGRA P.S- BAGHBAR DIST- BARPETA ASSAM 4: MAHIDUL ISLAM S/O SUKUR ALI VILL- SALIMPUR P.S- BAGHBAR DIST- BARPETA ASSA VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM REPRESENTED BY THE PP, ASSAM Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. S ISLAM, MR. AAYAAZ TAUFIQ,A R MONDAL,MR A HAWARI Page No.# 2/4 Advocate for the Respondent : PP, ASSAM, BEFORE HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE SHAMIMA JAHAN ORDER Date : 02.09.2026 Heard Mr. S. Islam, the learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. D. P. Goswami, the learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State of Assam. 2. By this application, the petitioners being 4 (four) in numbers, i.e. the relatives of the husband of the deceased had prayed for pre-arrest Bail in connection with Barpeta Police Case No.268/2026, registered under Sections 61(2) as well as 103(1) of B.N.S. 2023. 3. The FIR in connection with which the petitioners are apprehending arrest was lodged by the brother of the victim on 20.07.2026, stating inter alia that his sister was married to Accused No. 1, namely Mannan Ali, around 8 years back and that, since the marriage on the ill advice of the petitioners and another, the husband of the victim had demanded dowry. He also submitted that one fine day, i.e., on 18.07.2026 at around 11:00 A.M., the husband of the deceased along with his relatives assaulted the victim and called the brother of the victim to his house and that, before him the accused persons including the petitioners had threatened the informant to bring Rs. 5, 00,000/-(Rupees Five Lakhs) as dowry and that, two days thereafter, the accused persons including the petitioners were stated to have killed the sister of the informant. 4. Mr. Islam, the learned counsel for the petitioners, submits that the Page No.# 3/4 petitioners, being the relatives of the husband of the victim, were staying separately and that they have no connection whatsoever with the offence, if at all that had happened. 5. Mr. D. P. Goswami, the learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State, on perusal of the Case Diary, submits that witnesses have stated about the involvement of the husband of the victim as well as other petitioners in demanding dowry from the victim's family. He also submits that the victim had died by suicide and that the accused persons had brought down the deceased person and kept her in a different room. 6. On consideration of the submissions made by the learned counsels, more so, in view of the fact that the only allegation against the petitioners are that they had ill-advised, this court deems it fit to enlarge the petitioners on pre- arrest bail on furnishing of a bail bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) each with one local surety each of the like amount to the satisfaction of the Arresting Authority, under the following conditions: (i) the petitioners will appear before the IO within 10 (Ten) days from the date of this order. (ii) the petitioners will not hamper and tamper with the evidence of the case, and/or influence the witness connected with the case; and (iii) the petitioners will not leave their residence without prior permission of the I.O. (iv) Page No.# 4/4 7. The AB applications stands disposed of. JUDGE Comparing Assistant