Page No.# 1/3 GAHC010213242026 2026:GAU-AS:14585 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : AB/2425/2026 ABHIJIT GOGOI AND ANR SON OF TULTUL GOGOI, RESIDENT OF PANBARI FOREST VILLAGE, P.O. AND P.S. PANBARI, DISTRICT TINSUKIA, ASSAM, PIN 786171. 2: BIKASH HANDIQUE SON OF JOTIN HANDIQUE RESIDENT OF PURONA AMULAPATTY P.O. AMULAPATTY P.S. DIBRUGARH DISTRICT DIBRUGARH ASSAM PIN 78564 VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM REPRESENTED BY THE LEARNED PP, ASSAM Advocate for the Petitioner : MR A DEKA, TAWHID LASKAR Advocate for the Respondent : PP, ASSAM, BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJAN MONI KALITA ORDER Date : 30.09.2026 Heard Mr. D.K. Agarwala, learned counsel, appearing on behalf of the accused- Page No.# 2/3 applicants. Also heard Mr. K.K. Parasar, learned Addl. P.P., representing the State respondent. This is an application filed under Section 482 of the BNSS, 2023, praying for granting pre-arrest bail to the accused-applicants, apprehending arrest in connection with Dibrugarh P.S. Case No. 298/2026, registered under Section 302(2) of BNS, 2023, read with Section 11(1)(a)/11(1)(d) of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960. An FIR was lodged on 02.09.2026, alleging that one Bolero vehicle was carrying two stolen cows and on being chased by the villagers, the cows fell off from the vehicle and taking advantage of the darkness, the driver as well as the person inside the vehicle had fled away. On receipt of the information, the police registered Dibrugarh P.S. Case No. 298/2026, under the aforesaid sections. During the investigation, police arrested two persons, namely, Gautam Gogoi and Abhinov Sonowal, and they have been produced before the before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dibrugarh. On their application for bail on 11.09.2026, they have been granted bail by the learned CJM, Dibrugarh, on the ground that no link could be found out involving the aforesaid two persons with the allegation in the FIR. The learned counsel appearing for the accused-applicants submits that the accused-applicants have been telephonically communicated by police that the aforesaid two persons, namely, Gautam Gogoi and Abhinov Sonowal had taken the names of the present accused-applicants. In view of the aforesaid, the present applicants, having apprehension of arrest, have approached this court for granting pre-arrest bail to them. Page No.# 3/3 Mr. Parasar, learned Addl. PP, has opposed the prayer of bail of the accused- applicants. Taking into account the facts of the case, as well as the allegations made in the FIR, this court is of the considered opinion that the accused-applicants should be granted pre-arrest bail. Accordingly, in the event of arrest of the accused- applicants, by the police in connection with Dibrugarh P.S. Case No. 298/2026, they shall be released on furnishing of bail bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) each to the satisfaction of the arresting authorities, subject to the conditions that the accused-applicants shall appear before the Investigating Officer within ten (10) days from today, cooperate with the investigation and shall not tamper with the evidence or threaten the witnesses. In terms of the above, the AB application is disposed of as allowed. JUDGE Miriam Degu (SPA)