Page No.# 1/3 GAHC010220602026 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : Bail Appln./3096/2026 KALIM UDDIN S/O RAIJUDDIN, R/O PATLIKUCHI PATHAR, P S BARPETA, DISTRICT BARPETA, ASSAM VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM REPRESENTED BY THE PP, ASSAM Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. A PARAMANIK, MR. A.H. MONDAL,P. KALITA Advocate for the Respondent : PP, ASSAM, BEFORE HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE SHAMIMA JAHAN ORDER Date : 14.10.2026 Heard Mr. A. Paramanik, learned Counsel for the petitioner and Ms. A. Begum, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. 2. By this application, the petitioner has prayed for bail in connection with Barpeta PS Case No. 366/2026 registered under Sections 179/180 of BNS, 2023. The FIR in connection with which the petitioner was arrested on 22.09.2026 Page No.# 2/3 was lodged by the police personnel, Baghbar Police Station stating inter alia that on an information about the presence and possession of fake Indian Currency Notes in a particular area, the informant along with the team went to the said area, wherein they were further informed that the fake Indian Currency Notes were inside the dash board of a vehicle in the house of the petitioner. On the further information, the police team went to the house of the petitioner and by taking the keys of the vehicle from him, searched the vehicle and found 328 suspected FICN notes. It is also stated in the FIR that the petitioner is the owner of the said vehicle. 3. The learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that the currency notes were found in the vehicle not inside the house of the petitioner and that the same can be placed by anyone by taking the keys from the petitioner. 4. Ms. A. Begum, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State on the other hand on perusal of the Case Diary submits that the notes were tested and were found to be fake and that the vehicle also belongs to the petitioner and without the keys, nobody can open the dash board and put the notes there. She also submits that the same being an organized crime, the custodial detention of the petitioner is required to unearth or to find out the other accused persons. 5. Upon consideration of the submissions made by the learned Counsel for the parties, it is found that there can be a possibility of somebody else keeping the notes inside the dash board of the vehicle belonging to the petitioner. It is also seen that the petitioner has been inside the jail for the last 23 days and as such this Court deems it fit to enlarge 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, Barpeta under the following conditions: Page No.# 3/3 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. 6. Petition is disposed of. JUDGE Comparing Assistant