Page No.# 1/3 GAHC010205632026 undefined THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : Bail Appln./2871/2026 ABDUL MANNAN LASKAR S/O LT ABRAR ALI, R/O VILL DAKHIN DEBOSTHAN, PO AND PS MURAJHAR, DIST HOJAI, ASSAM, PIN 782481 VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM REPRESENTED BY THE LEARNED PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, ASSAM Advocate for the Petitioner : MR SARFRAZ NAWAZ, ASHRAFUL BORBHUYAN,TAWHID LASKAR Advocate for the Respondent : PP, ASSAM, MS AHMED(INFORMANT) BEFORE HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE SHAMIMA JAHAN ORDER Date : 23.09.2026 Heard Mr. S. Nawaz, the learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. B. Sarma, the learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State of Assam and Mr. M. S. Ahmed, the learned counsel appearing for the informant. 2. By this application, the petitioner has prayed for bail in connection with Page No.# 2/3 Murajhar PS Case No. 165/2026, registered under Sections 331(3), 305, 296, 351(2), 329(4), 117(2), 109(1), 74, 3(5) of the BNS, 2023. 3. The FIR in connection with which the petitioner was arrested and put behind the bars since 11.09.2026 was lodged by one Chiranjit Malakar, stating inter alia that on 01.09.2026, at around 02:00 PM, accused no. 1, arrayed as such in the FIR entered the Fair Price shop of his father and stole 1 KG packet of Masoor dal and while he was taking away the packet, the informant saw him and on enquiry, the accused no. 1 started abusing him. The informant further stated that when he informed the matter to his father, the accused no. 1 had returned the packet and went home. However, it was stated that little thereafter, accused no. 1, along with accused nos. 2 and 3 and other persons came in a vehicle and assaulted the informant and his father at his home. 4. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that after the incident, there was a compromise between the petitioner and the informant as well as his father. 5. Mr. M. S. Ahmed, the learned counsel for the informant, also concedes to the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner. However, Mr. B. Sarma, the learned APP for the State, submits that the allegations of assault upon the relatives of the informant are, by and large, contained in the FIR. 6. Upon consideration of the submissions made by the learned counsels for the parties, more so in view of the fact that, the learned counsel appearing for the informant himself submitted that the petitioner along with his son, who were arrayed as accused nos. 2 & 3, were merely standing by the side during Page No.# 3/3 the occurrence, this court deems it fit to enlarge the petitioner on bail on furnishing of a bail bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with one local surety of the like amount of the satisfaction of the CJM, Hojai 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 Applications stands disposed of. JUDGE Comparing Assistant