Page No.# 1/3 GAHC010024512026 undefined THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : AB/332/2026 SUJIT DUTTA SON OF SRI BHUBAN DUTTA RESIDENT OF VILL- DHEKIA KHOWA GAON, P.S. TEOK, DIST. JORHAT, ASSAM. VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, ASSAM Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. K BORUAH, MS. M BHUYAN,MS. P BORAH,MR. M ALAM Advocate for the Respondent : PP, ASSAM, BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRANJAL DAS ORDER 27.03.2026 1. Heard Mr. K. Borah, learned counsel for the petitioner. Also heard Mr. K. Baishya, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. 2. This petition filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the petitioner, namely, Sujit Dutta, has prayed for granting pre-arrest bail, apprehending arrest in connection with CID Page No.# 2/3 P.S. Case No. 20/2025, registered under Section 61(2)/329(3)/308(5)/111(2)(b)/189(2)/351(3) of BNS, 2023. 3. It is submitted by the learned counsel that several co-accused have been granted bail, both regular and anticipatory in connection with this case and that one Aditya Pani Phukan was granted anticipatory bail by order dated 9-1-2026 in AB No. 8 of 2026. 4. The case diary has been received. 5. Mr. Baishya, learned Additional Public Prosecutor submits that this bail petition being one for pre-arrest bail stands on different footing from the regular bail applications of some of the co-accused which were allowed. 6. It is submitted that investigation has revealed incriminating materials and that perhaps, anticipatory bail may not be granted. 7. Upon perusing the case diary, I find that this case has been registered with regard to illegal activities of the members and activists of the organization named Veer Lachit Sena (VLS) in the different districts of Assam. 8. I find that with regard to the present petitioner, Sujit Dutta, the allegations pertain to incidents in Jorhat with regard to which Jorhat PS Case No. 438 of 2025 has already been registered and the present petitioner along with co-accused of the said Jorhat case namely, Aditya Pani Phukan are already facing prosecution, therein. As already mentioned earlier, Aditya Pani Phukan was granted pre-arrest bail on 9-1-2026 by this Court with regard to said police case against him pertaining to the incidents in Jorhat. 9. The investigation has lend support to the primary allegations about Page No.# 3/3 the members of the organization indulging in extortion activities in different districts of Assam. 10. Nevertheless, since the main activities with regard to which the present petitioner is being prosecuted is already a subject matter of another case in Jorhat and in which, the co-accused, Aditya Pani Phukan has been granted pre-arrest bail by this Court - therefore, I am of the considered view that this petitioner should also be granted pre-arrest bail in this case subject to suitable conditions. 11. Accordingly, accepting this petition, in the event of his arrest of the petitioner, named above, is hereby allowed to go on pre-arrest bail of Rs. 30,000/- with one surety of like amount to the satisfaction of the arresting authority, and subject to the following conditions that:- (i) That the accused petitioner shall co-operate with the remaining investigation, (ii) That the accused petitioner shall not hamper or tamper with evidence. (iii) That the accused petitioners shall indulge in any illegal activities or offences. 12. Violation of any bail conditions will entail cancellation of the bail. 13. Accordingly, this instant anticipatory bail application stands allowed and disposed of. 14. Send back the case diary. JUDGE Comparing Assistant