Page No.# 1/3 GAHC010159952026 undefined THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : AB/1750/2026 SHAFIEL AHAMMAD KAIFY S/O-ABU TALEB AZAD, VILLAGE-BAMUNDONGRA, P.O.-HABIDONGRA, P.S.-BAGHBAR, DIST.-BARPETA, ASSAM, PIN-781308 VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM REPRESENTED BY LEARNED P.P., ASSAM. Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. S AHMED, MR. A S AHMED,T UDDIN Advocate for the Respondent : PP, ASSAM, BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRANJAL DAS ORDER 15.09.2026 1. Heard Mr. S. Ahmed, learned counsel for the petitioner. Also heard Mr. D. P. Goswami, learned Additional Public Prosecutor. 2. This petition under Section 482 BNSS is filed by the petitioner, namely, Shafiel Ahammad Kaify, apprehending arrest in connection with Hatigaon P.S. Case No. 151/2026 registered u/s 61(2)/127(2)/308(2)/308(5)/351(2) of BNS. 3. The brief facts of the prosecution case, as revealed from the FIR, are that the informants lodged an FIR before the Officer-in-Charge, Hatigaon Police Page No.# 2/3 Station alleging, inter alia, that they had arrived at Guwahati from Badarpur by train on 23.07.2026 in connection with their business and were staying at a hotel in Paltan Bazar. It is alleged that one Burhan Uddin Khan, an associate of the informants, along with two unknown persons, took them to Friends Inn Lodge situated at Hatigaon, where they were allegedly wrongfully confined, physically assaulted, and threatened to pay a sum of Rs. 30,00,000/-. According to the FIR, out of fear for their lives, the informants transferred an amount of Rs. 6,81,700/- through online transactions from different bank accounts and further agreed to pay the remaining amount through hawala. It is further alleged that when the complainant’s brother, Didarul Haque Barlaskar, went to deliver the hawala amount, the police apprehended two persons, namely, Rabiul Haque and Kishan Saha, who are alleged to be the aforesaid unknown persons involved in the commission of the offence. On the basis of the said FIR, Hatigaon P.S. Case No. 151/2026 was registered under the above mentioned provisions of law and investigation commenced. 4. The petitioner was granted interim bail on 3/8/2026 with conditions and it is submitted by Mr. Ahmed that he has complied with all the bail conditions and has also appeared before the IO. The same is confirmed by the Prosecution that the petitioner has indeed appeared before the IO and his statement has also been recorded and the investigation is also stated to have sufficiently progressed; however, the alleged robbed money has not been recovered. 5. The learned counsel submits that the petitioner is a Manager of the said hotel and on the day of the incident, he was actually out of station. 6. In view of the completion of investigation and rendering cooperation to the investigation, I do not deem it necessary to cancel the interim bail. Accordingly, the interim bail passed earlier on 03.08.2026 is hereby made absolute subject Page No.# 3/3 to the condition that the petitioner; (a) shall co-operate with the remaining investigation; (b) shall not hamper or tamper with the evidence of the case. 7. Accordingly, the anticipatory bail application stands allowed and disposed of. JUDGE Comparing Assistant