Page No.# 1/3 GAHC010199832026 2026:GAU-AS:14607 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : AB/2217/2026 MINU HAZARIKA AND ANR . W/O MANOJ BHARALI RESIDEN TOF VILL- KALMOWGURI, P.O. - KALMOWGURI, P.S.-GOHPUR, DIST. -BISWANATH ASSAM, PIN-784178 2: SRI MANOJ BHARALI SON OF SUNARAM BHARALI VILL- KALMOWGURI P.O. - KALMOWGURI P.S.-GOHPUR DIST. -BISWANATH ASSAM PIN-78417 VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM REPRESENTED BY ITS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR. Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. L GOGOI, Advocate for the Respondent : PP, ASSAM, BEFORE HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE SHAMIMA JAHAN ORDER Date : 30-09-2026 Heard Mr. BB Gogoi, learned counsel for the petitioners. Also heard Ms. SH Borah, learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the State respondent. Page No.# 2/3 2. By this application, the petitioners have prayed for pre-arrest bail in connection with Gohpur P.S. Case No. 107/2026 registered under Sections 316(2)/318(4)/351(3)/3(5) of the BNS, 2023. 3. The FIR in connection with which the petitioners apprehends arrest was lodged by the victim stating inter alia that the petitioners had taken an amount of Rs.2,00,000/- from her on the assurance that the amount would be returned. But the petitioners are stated to have not returned the money and when he went to their house along with other respected persons of the locality, petitioner No. 2 fled away from the house and the petitioner No. 1 had insulted them. It is also alleged that both the petitioners had threatened him that they will kidnap his child and also had threatened not to be witness in other cases connected with them. 4. The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that admittedly the petitioners had taken money from the informant but the story narrated in the FIR is a concocted story and that the petitioners are ready to return the money to the informant. 5. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor, Ms. Borah submits that there are witnesses, who stated that money was taken by the petitioners and that threatening part is also stated by them. 6. Upon consideration of the submissions made by the learned counsels, more so, in view of the statement made in the pleadings that the petitioners will return the money, this Court enlarges the petitioners on pre-arrest bail on furnishing a bail bond of Rs.20,000/- each with one local surety each of the like amount to the satisfaction of the arresting authority under the following Page No.# 3/3 conditions:- i) The petitioners will appear before the Investigating Officer within a period of 15 (fifteen) days from the date of the order. ii) The petitioners will appear before the Investigating Officer as and when called for. iii) The petitioners will not hamper, tamper with the evidence, neither influence the witnesses connected with the case. iv) The petitioners will not leave the place of jurisdiction without the permission of the arresting authority. 7. Petition stands disposed of. JUDGE Comparing Assistant