Page No.# 1/3 GAHC010219222026 undefined THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : Bail Appln./3072/2026 HASINA JAHAN WIFE OF IFTIKAR JAHAN MD IFTIKHAR JAHAN, RESIDENT OF AZAD NAGAR, P S DALGAON, DISTRICT DARRANG, ASSAM. VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM REP BY THE PP, ASSAM Advocate for the Petitioner : MR M HOQUE, MS. F YASMIN,MS J BEGUM Advocate for the Respondent : PP, ASSAM, BEFORE HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE SHAMIMA JAHAN ORDER Date : 01.10.2026 Heard Mr. TJ Mahanta, learned Senior Counsel assisted by Mr. M. Hoque, learned Counsel for the petitioner and Mr. B. Sharma, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. 2. By this application, the petitioner has prayed for bail in connection with Mangaldai PS Case No. 174/2026 registered under Section 61(2)/107 of BNS, Page No.# 2/3 2023. The FIR in connection with which the petitioner was arrested on 26.09.2026 was lodged by the step mother of the victim stating inter alia that she along with her daughter i.e. the deceased had gone to the house of the petitioner on being called and when they reached, the petitioner had scolded the deceased in front of the other persons regarding the character of her daughter. She further stated that the petitioner had also threatened that she would defame her daughter in the social media and unable to withstand the grief her daughter committed suicide. 3. The learned Senior Counsel for the petitioner submits that there is no ingredient of abatement in the said FIR which can be stated to be by the petitioner. 4. Mr. B. Sharma, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State, on the other hand submits that the deceased being unable to tolerate the humiliation caused to her by the petitioner had committed suicide. 5. Upon consideration of the submissions made by the learned Counsels, more so in view of the fact that it is a settled position of law that an offence of abatement can be proved only if specific materials are there which is lacking in the instant case, 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, Darrang, Mangaldai under the following conditions: i) the petitioner will appear before the Investigating Officer as and when called for. 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. Page No.# 3/3 6. Petition is disposed of. JUDGE Comparing Assistant