Page No.# 1/3 GAHC010009772026 2026:GAU-AS:2594 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : AB/150/2026 RANJIT DAS ALIAS RANOJIT DAS S/O HARIDHAN DAS, R/O VILL SILCOORIE CAMP, PO SILCOORIE, PS SILCHAR, DIST CACHAR, ASSAM VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM THROUGH THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, ASSAM Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. M H LASKAR, MR. S ROY Advocate for the Respondent : PP, ASSAM, BEFORE HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE MITALI THAKURIA ORDER Date : 20-02-2026 Heard Mr. M.H. Laskar, the learned counsel for the petitioner. Also heard Mr. P.S. Lahkar, the learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing on behalf of State respondent. Page No.# 2/3 2. This is an application under Section 482 of BNSS, 2023 praying for grant of pre-arrest bail to the accused/petitioner, who is apprehending arrest in connection with Silchar P.S. Case No. 1116/2025 u/s 103(1) of BNS Act. 3. Case Diary received. Perused the same. 4. It is submitted by Mr. Laskar that the present accused/petitioner is innocent and he is no way connected in the alleged offence. It is a fact that he accompanied the owner of the fishery i.e. the accused no. 1 to the house of the informant when the alleged accused handed over one gamacha to the informant. That apart he is no way connected in the alleged offence. However, as he visited to the house of the informant, the police is searching for him and hence the present petition has been filed seeking pre-arrest bail. However, he is ready and willing to extend his cooperation in the further investigation of this case, if he is granted with the privilege of pre-arrest bail. 5. Mr. Lahkar, the learned Additional Public Prosecutor submitted in this regard that Post Mortem Report as well as cause of death have been received from the I/O wherein it is stated that the deceased died due to ante mortem drowning. Further he submitted that no such incriminating materials available in the Case Diary so far against the present petitioner. However, he submitted that the case is still under investigation and accordingly raised objection in granting the privilege of bail to the present petitioner. 6. Hearing the submissions made by learned counsels for both sides, I have also perused the Case Diary and considering the materials available in the Case Diary, I find that custodial interrogation may not be necessary for the present Page No.# 3/3 petitioner and hence I find it a fit case to extend the privilege of pre-arrest bail to the present petitioner. 7. Accordingly, it is provided that in the event of arrest of the accused/petitioner, namely, Ranjit Das @ Ranojit Das, in connection with Silchar P.S. Case No. 1116/2025 u/s 103(1) of BNS Act, he shall be enlarged on pre- arrest bail on his executing a bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees twenty thousand) only with one surety of like amount to the satisfaction of the arresting authority, subject to the following conditions: (i) that the petitioner shall make himself available for interrogation by the Investigating Officer within 7(seven) days; (ii) that the petitioner shall fully co-operate with the investigation of the case and shall appear before the Investigating Officer as and when required in connection with the investigation of the aforesaid P.S. case; and (iii) that the petitioner shall not, directly or indirectly, make any inducement, threaten or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him from disclosing such facts to the Court or to any police officer. JUDGE Comparing Assistant