Page No.# 1/3 GAHC010191942026 undefined THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : Bail Appln./2629/2026 ARUP TALUKDAR S/O- BIREN TALUKDAR RESIDENT OF VILLAGE- PIPLIBARI, P.S. BELSOR, DIST. - BARPETA, ASSAM, PIN 781338 VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM REPRESENTED BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, ASSAM. Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. K M HASSAN, T ISLAM,MR. N K HALOI Advocate for the Respondent : PP, ASSAM, BEFORE HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE SHAMIMA JAHAN ORDER Date : 22.09.2026 Heard Mr. K. M. Hassan, the learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. R. J. Baruah, the learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State of Assam. 2. By this application, the petitioner has prayed for bail in connection with Sarthebari P.S. Case No. 71/2026, registered under Sections 318(2), 316(2), 306 and 314 BNS, 2023. Page No.# 2/3 3. The FIR in connection with the petitioner was arrested on 29.07.2026, was lodged by the Registrar of Krishnaguru Adhtatmik Visvavidyalaya, Nasatra Barpeta, Assam on 23.07.2026, stating inter alia that the petitioner who was working as a bus driver of the said university was given the responsibility to bring the fuel for the generators installed in the University from the oil depot. However, it is stated that on 08.07.2026, when one person employed in the university have gone to re-fuel his bike at the depot, he found that the accused person, i.e. the petitioner loading 120 ltrs of diesel in an E-Rikshaw and sending it towards Nalbari. It is also alleged that, one another villager had also seen the petitioner doing the same thing. As such, the matter was informed to the Registrar of the university and the FIR was lodged. 4. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that, the petitioner has been inside the jail for 55 days and the offence, for which the petitioner is said to be involved, contains the mandatory period of 60 days and that, only 5 more days are yet to go for his default bail. 5. Mr. R. J. Baruah, the learned APP for the State however, submits that the money of the university has been misappropriated by the petitioner to the effect that the diesel that he took from the depot was written in the name of the university. He as such, submits that the public money is being misappropriated and no bail should be given to the petitioner. 6. Upon consideration of the submissions made by the learned counsels, more so, in view of the long incarnation of the petitioner and also due to the fact that, an agreement was entered into between the petitioner and the university for return of the money, the petitioner be enlarged on bail on Page No.# 3/3 furnishing of a bail bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with one local surety of the like amount to the satisfaction of CJM, Barpeta under the following conditions: (i) The petitioner shall positively appear before the Investigating Officer as and when call for. (ii) The petitioner shall not hamper and tamper with the evidence of the case, and/or influence the witness connected with the case; and (iii) The petitioner shall not leave their residence without prior permission of the Investigating Officer. 7. The Bail Application stands disposed of. JUDGE Comparing Assistant