Page No.# 1/3 GAHC010194622026 undefined THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : Bail Appln./2675/2026 PABAN KR RAM S/O SRI RAJINDRA RAM, R/O VILLAGE KALIGHAT, DOYANGMUKH, P.O. DOYANGMUKH, P.S. KHERONI, DISTRICT WEST KARBI ANGLONG, ASSAM, PIN 782448. VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM REPRESENTED BY THE PP, ASSAM Advocate for the Petitioner : MR M Z SHAH, S ISLAM Advocate for the Respondent : PP, ASSAM, BEFORE HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE SHAMIMA JAHAN ORDER Date : 11.09.2026 Heard Mr. M.Z. Shah, learned Counsel for the petitioner and Mr. B. Sharma, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. 2. By this application, the petitioner has prayed for bail in connection with Kheroni P.S. Case No. 27/2026 registered under Section 137(2) of BNS, 2023. Page No.# 2/3 The FIR in connection with which the petitioner was arrested and is put behind the bars for last 62 days was lodged on 07.07.2026 by the husband of the victim stating inter alia that on 30.05.2023, an information was already lodged before the said Police Station regarding the missing of the wife of the informant. Thereafter, the informant further stated that he came to learnt that the petitioner had seduced his wife and as a result of the same, his wife fled away from Assam to other State with the petitioner. 3. The learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that the story narrated in the FIR is a concocted story and there was no seduction on the part of the petitioner. 4. Mr. B. Sharma, learned Additional Public Prosecutor, however, submits that the victim is a married lady and that ingredients in the FIR are present with regard to the said seduction by the petitioner. 5. Upon consideration of the submissions made by the learned Counsel for the parties, more so, in view of the fact that the FIR had been lodged very late and also due to the fact that the petitioner has been inside for a considerable period of time, this Court deems it fit to enlarge the petitioner on bail on furnishing of bail bond of Rs. 20,000/- with one local surety of the like amount to the satisfaction of CJM, Hamren, West Karbi Anglong, under the following conditions: i) the petitioner will appear before the Investigating Officer thereafter as and when called for. ii) the petitioner will not hamper, tamper with the evidence, neither influence the witnesses connected with the case. Page No.# 3/3 iii) the petitioner will not leave the place of jurisdiction without the permission of the concerned Court. 6. Petition is disposed of. JUDGE Comparing Assistant