Page No.# 1/4 GAHC010023762026 2026:GAU-AS:2620 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : Bail Appln./386/2026 SADIQUR RAHMAN ALIAS FUJI SON OF LT.KAMAL UDDIN R/O VILL- MEDOI, W/NO. 5, P.S. SRIBHUMI DIST. SRIBHUMI, ASSAM VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM REP BY THE PP, ASSAM Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. A AHMED, MR A AHMED,MISS. P M AHMED,U U KHAN,MR. M A CHOUDHURY Advocate for the Respondent : PP, ASSAM, MR. M A BARBHUYAN (FOR INFORMANT),TAWHID LASKAR (FOR INFORMANT) BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJAN MONI KALITA ORDER Date : 20-02-2026 Heard Mr. A. Ahmed, learned counsel appearing for the accused applicant along with Mr. R. J. Baruah, learned Additional Public Prosecutors for the State and Mr. A. Laskar, learned counsel for the informant/respondent No. 2. 2. This is an application under Section 483 of the BNSS, 2023 praying for Page No.# 2/4 granting bail to the accused applicant, who was arrested on 08.12.2025, in connection with Sribhumi P.S. Case No. 498/2025 under Section 107 of the BNS, 2023. 3. An FIR was lodged on 01.12.2025 stating that on 17.11.2025, the minor daughter of the informant was found hanging from a ceiling fan. Thereafter, on 20.11.2025, a mobile number was found in the bag of the victim girl. Upon enquiry, it was found that the number belonged to the accused applicant. It was alleged that there had been a quarrel between the victim girl and the accused applicant prior to the suicide. It was further alleged that the accused applicant and the victim girl were in a love relationship and that, due to the quarrel with the accused applicant, the girl committed suicide. 4. On receipt of the FIR, the police registered Sribhumi P.S. Case No. 498/2025 under the aforementioned Section. 5. Mr. Ahmed, learned counsel for the accused applicant, submits that no material, as alleged in the FIR, has been found against the accused applicant showing his involvement in the abetment of the suicide of the victim girl. He submits that being in a love relationship and the breakup of the same cannot be termed as an act of abetment that induced the victim girl to commit suicide. He further submits that the accused applicant has already been behind bars for the last 75 days and therefore, prays that he may be released on bail at this stage. He also submits that the accused applicant is willing to cooperate with the investigation of the matter if this Court granted bail to him. 6. Mr. Baruah, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State, on the other hand, submits that the investigation is still going on and that the Post-Mortem Report has not yet been received. Therefore, at this stage, bail should not be Page No.# 3/4 granted to the accused applicant. 7. Mr. A. Laskar, learned counsel for the informant/respondent No. 2, submits that there are various materials indicating blackmail of the victim girl by the accused applicant, which will come to light during the investigation. Therefore, he opposes the grant of bail to the accused applicant at this stage. 8. I have considered the submissions made by the learned counsel appearing for the respective parties and have also perused the Case Diary produced before this Court. 9. Upon perusal of the Case Diary and taking into account the period of detention of the accused applicant, i.e., 75 days and being prima facie satisfied, at this stage, bail should be granted to the accused applicant. Accordingly, it is directed that the accused applicant shall be released on bail forthwith upon furnishing a bail bond of Rs. 30,000/- (Rupees Thirty Thousand) with a surety of like amount to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sribhumi, Assam, subject to the following conditions: i. that the accused applicant shall cooperate with the investigation of the case and make himself available as and when called for by the investigating officer; ii. that the accused applicant shall not try to get in touch with the family members of the victim girl; iii. that the accused applicant shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person, who may be acquainted with the facts of the case, so as to dissuade such person from disposing such facts before the investigating authority against the accused applicant. Page No.# 4/4 10. In view of the aforesaid directions, the instant bail application stands disposed of as allowed. JUDGE Comparing Assistant