Page No.# 1/3 GAHC010214552026 2026:GAU-AS:14969 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : Bail Appln./3047/2026 RIMPA HAZARIKA W/O LATE RAJEN HAZARIKA RESIDENT OF VILLAGE KHATKHATI TILA BASTI P S KHATKHATI DISTRICT KARBI ANGLONG, ASSAM VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, ASSAM Advocate for the Petitioner : MR F HAQUE, MR A ISLAM Advocate for the Respondent : PP, ASSAM, BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANJEEV KUMAR SHARMA ORDER Date : 06-10-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner. Also heard learned Addl. P.P. for the State. This is an application under Section 483 of BNSS, 2023 for granting of Page No.# 2/3 regular bail to the petitioner arrested on 06.06.2024 in connection with Orang P.S. Case No. 28/2026 under Section 21(b)/29 of NDPS Act, 1985, arising out of FIR lodged by one SI (p) Surajit Hazorika on 03.08.2026. The petitioner was arrested and produced before the learned Magistrate on 03.08.2026 after being arrested for an offence involving intermediate quantity of heroin. The statutory period of detention is 60 days which would expire on 01.10. 2026, but it is informed by learned Addl. P.P. that the charge- sheet was submitted vide Charge-Sheet No. 4 of 2026 on 05.10. 2026 i.e., after expiry of the statutory period. Having regard to the fact that the present bail application was filed on 24.09.2026 and the statutory period of detention expired during the pendency of the instant bail application and before the filing of the charge-sheet, the petitioner is entitled to default bail. In view of the above, it is directed that the petitioner in connection with the aforesaid case shall be released on bail on furnishing a bail bond of Rs. 50,000/- with two (2) sureties of like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Jurisdictional Court/Magistrate. Petition stands disposed of accordingly. Page No.# 3/3 JUDGE Comparing Assistant