Page No.# 1/4 GAHC010217512026 undefined THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : Bail Appln./3140/2026 SRI JULIUS DUTTA S/O SRI JAGANNATH DUTTA R/O. PUBERUN KRISHIPAM NIGAM P/S. KHOWANG DIST. DIBRUGARH, ASSAM. VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM REPRESENTED BY PP, ASSAM Advocate for the Petitioner : MR Z RAHMAN, G TALUKDAR,MR S DEKA Advocate for the Respondent : PP, ASSAM, BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJAN MONI KALITA ORDER Date : 05-10-2026 Heard Ms. G. Talukdar, learned counsel for the accused applicant. Also heard Mr. D.P. Goswami, learned Addl. P.P. Assam appearing for the State. This is an application filed under Section 483 BNSS, 2023 praying for granting of bail to the accused applicant, in connection with Khowang P.S. Case No. 15/2026, Page No.# 2/4 registered under Sections 147/ 148/ 308(2)/ 61(2) BNS read with Sections 10/ 13 of UAP Act. The brief fact of the case is that a case has been registered on the basis of an FIR lodged by one Susanta Pratim Baruah, SI of Police before the Officer-in-Charge of Khowang Police Station on 07-06-2026. It is alleged that one Lambit Gogoi has been missing and an enquiry was initiated; that during the course of the enquiry, the Call Detail Records (CDR) of the missing person, bearing mobile number 6002009901 were obtained and analysed. It is alleged that another person, namely, Probin Sonowal of Tinthengia, Khowang reported at the Police Station that he had received extortion calls, allegedly from the ULFA(I) using mobile number 9612068032. The CDR of the said mobile number was also analysed and after analysis it has been found that the IMEI number of the mobile handset belonging to the missing person has been used with the mobile number 9612068032. After further examination it was ascertained that the mobile handset of the missing person Lambit Gogoi was being used by the accused Partha Pratim Boruah. During interrogation, the accused admitted that he is in close contact with Abhilekh Borah @ Anurag Axom of ULFA(I) and under his supervision and instruction, Lambit Gogoi was recruited and facilitated to a ULFA(I) camp. It was further revealed that the accused along with others used the mobile phone of Lambit Gogoi to make extortion calls in the name of ULFA(I). The accused person also facilitated the WhatsApp login in the number 9612068032 to enable extortion calls to be made by Abhilekh Borah @ Anurag Axom. Ms. G. Talukdar, learned counsel for the accused applicant submits that the accused applicant was arrested on suspicion on 22-07-2026 and since then he has been inside the Page No.# 3/4 jail for last 75 days. She submits that the main accused in the instant case Partha Pratim Boruah has been already granted bail by a Coordinate Bench of this Court in Bail Application No. 2066/2026, vide order dated 18-08-2026. She further submits that another co-accused person, namely, Sankar Sonowal has also been granted bail by a Coordinate Bench of this Court in Bail Application No. 2693/2026, vide order dated 24-09- 2026. She submits that in view of the fact that since the accused applicant is behind the bars for more than 75 days, he should be enlarged on bail, at this stage. Mr. D.P. Goswami, learned Addl. P.P. Assam, on the other hand, opposes the prayer for bail, at this stage. This Court has heard the submissions made by the learned counsel for the parties. It is seen that the main accused in the instant case who has been named in the FIR, i.e. Partha Pratim Boruah has been granted bail by a Coordinate Bench of this Court, after perusal of the case diary, wherein, it has been specifically mentioned that the investigation in the instant case has progressed quite satisfactorily and further detention of aforesaid Partha Pratim Boruah may not be required in the case. Taking into account that the main accused has already been granted bail and the present accused applicant has already spent more than 75 days behind the bars, this Court is of the considered opinion that the accused applicant should be granted bail at this stage. In view of the above, it is directed that the accused applicant, namely, Sri Julius Dutta, shall be released on bail on furnishing of bail bond of Rs. 50,000/- with surety of Page No.# 4/4 like amount to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dibrugarh, subject to the following conditions: (i) The accused applicant shall cooperate with the investigation and make himself available as and when called for by the Investigating Officer. In terms of the aforesaid direction, the instant bail application stands disposed of. JUDGE Comparing Assistant