Page No.# 1/3 GAHC010058252026 undefined THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : AB/624/2026 RUDRA DEWRI AND ANR S/O GANGESWAR DEWRI, R/O VILL KUSHTALI, PO BARANGANI, PS LAHORIGHAT, DIST MORIGAON, ASSAM 2: BISWAJIT BARUAH S/O SANESWAR BARUAH R/O VILL MAJPATHORI PS SADAR NAGAON DIST NAGAON ASSA VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM THROUGH PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, ASSAM Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. M H LASKAR, MR. S ROY Advocate for the Respondent : PP, ASSAM, Page No.# 2/3 BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANJEEV KUMAR SHARMA ORDER Date : 28 .04. 2026 Heard Mr. MH Laskar, learned counsel for the petitioners and Mr. R. J. Baruah, learned Addl. Public Prosecutor, Assam for the State respondent. 2. This is an application under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023 filed by the petitioners namely, Rudra Dewri and Biswajit Baruah, praying for pre-arrest bail, apprehending arrest in connection with Sribhumi P.S. Case No. 36/2026 registered under Sections 61(2)/ 323/ 49/ 262 of the BNS, 2023 read with Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1998. 3. The principal allegation as reflected in the FIR is that on the basis of the information received, a search operation was conducted in the Sribhumi jail and a large number of mobile phones were recovered from the inmates of the jail and upon further investigation, it was revealed that said mobile phones were obtained from the jail warden Subhasis Ghosh and the present petitioners alongwith others used to receive bribe from the inmates in order to enable them to operate the mobile phone. 4. The learned counsel for the petitioner further submits the jail warden has taken the bribe in the name of the present petitioners and there is no involvement on behalf of the present petitioners. 5. However, perusal of the case diary belies such contention and incriminating materials are found against the present petitioners. 6. Having regard to the incriminating materials in the case diary as well as seriousness of the allegation, this is not a fit case to grant pre-arrest bail to the Page No.# 3/3 petitioners. According, the prayer for pre-arrest bail stands rejected. 7. The bail application is dismissed. 8. Send back the case diary. JUDGE Comparing Assistant