Page No.# 1/3 GAHC010213052026 undefined THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : Bail Appln./3012/2026 RAHIMA BEGUM W/O JEHERUL ISLAM, R/O VILL. GOTLONG, P.S. TEZPUR, DIST. SONITPUR, ASSAM. VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM TO BE REPRESENTED BY THE LEARNED PP, ASSAM. Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. D K BAIDYA, P MAZUMDAR Advocate for the Respondent : PP, ASSAM, SAMRIDDHI SAIKIA(VICTIM) BEFORE HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE SHAMIMA JAHAN ORDER Date : 29.09.2026 Heard Mr. DK Baidya, learned Counsel for the petitioner and Mr. B. Sharma, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Also heard Ms. S. Saikia, learned Counsel for the victim assisting learned Additional Public Prosecutor. 2. By this application, the petitioner has prayed for bail in connection with Tezpur PS Case No. 493/2026 corresponding to GR Case No. 1152/2026 Page No.# 2/3 registered under Section 296/115(2)/124(1)/3(5) of BNS, 2023. The FIR in connection with which the petitioner was arrested on 12.08.2026 was lodged by the brother of the victim stating inter alia that while his brother was going to the house of their sister, the accused persons including the petitioner saw his brother and physically abused him. It was also stated that accused no.1 arrayed as such in the FIR poured acid on his brother’s body and that brother was taken to the hospital for treatment. 3. The learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that specific allegations were made only against accused no.1 in the FIR and nothing against the petitioner. In fact, he submits that petitioner is the wife of the victim and she is helping her husband in the treatment. 4. Mr. B. Sharma, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State, however, by placing the forwarding report had stated that the petitioner was accompanying the other accused persons during the occurrence. 5. The learned Counsel appearing for the victim, however, states that petitioner has been aiding during his treatment as well as in filing bail application. 6. Upon consideration of the submissions made by the learned Counsel for the parties, more so, in view of the fact that no specific allegation is made against the petitioner in the FIR as well as in the forwarding report, this Court enlarges 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, Sonitpur under the following conditions: i) the petitioner will appear before the Investigating Officer as and when called for. Page No.# 3/3 ii) the petitioner will not hamper, tamper with the evidence, neither influence the witnesses connected with the case. iii) the petitioner will not leave the place of jurisdiction without the permission of the concerned Court. 7. Petition is disposed of. JUDGE Comparing Assistant