Page No.# 1/2 GAHC010270322025 2026:GAU-AS:62 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : AB/2878/2025 SHANKAR BAROOAH S/O LATE MADHAB CHANDRA BAROOAH, RESIDENT OF HOUSE NO. 14, AKASHI NAGAR, BAMUNIMAIDAM ,PS CHANDMARI, DIST KAMRUP M ASSAM 781021 VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM REP BY PP ASSAM Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. A M AHMED, MRS S RAHANA,B DAS Advocate for the Respondent : PP, ASSAM, BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANJEEV KUMAR SHARMA ORDER Date : 05.01.2026 1. Heard Mr. A.M. Ahmed, learned counsel for the petitioner and also heard Mr. P. Borthakur, learned Addl. P.P. for the State. 2. This application under Section 482 of BNSS, 2023, has been preferred by the petitioner, namely, Shankar Barooah, seeking pre-arrest bail in connection with Duliajan P.S. Case No.84/2025 registered under Sections 108 of BNS, 2023. 3. The complainant who is the sister of the deceased lodged the FIR on Page No.# 2/2 10.05.2025 with regard to the death over brother on 06.04.2025. It was alleged in the said FIR, that the deceased was employed under the present petitioner in Guwahati and on his last working day he was assaulted by his employer i.e. the petitioner, whereafter, he was dismissed without salary. Thereafter, he exhibited signs of distress and depression and subsequently the deceased met with an untimely death. 4. Perused the case diary. It appears from the postmortem report that the deceased died by hanging and there appears to be no material attributing any proximate or direct role to the petitioner as far as abatement to suicide is concerned. 5. Considering in the above, the prayer for pre-arrest bail is allowed. 6. Accordingly, it is directed that the accused-petitioner, named above, shall be released on bail of Rs.50,000/-(Rupees Fifty Thousand) with one suitable surety of like amount to the satisfaction of the arresting authority in the event of his arrest in connection with Duliajan P.S. Case No.84/2025 under Sections 108 of BNS, 2023. 7. It is further directed that the petitioner shall co-operate with the investigation. 8. Accordingly, the anticipatory bail application stands allowed and disposed of. 9. Send back the case diary. JUDGE Comparing Assistant