Page No.# 1/2 GAHC010047832026 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : Bail Appln./699/2026 LAL CHAN SK ALIAS LAL CHAND ALI SO KALAM UDDIN SK, RO VILL GUTIPARA PT V, PS BILASIPARA, DIST DHUBRI, ASSAM VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM REPRESENTED BY THE PP, ASSAM Advocate for the Petitioner : S S AHMED, Advocate for the Respondent : PP, ASSAM, BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANJEEV KUMAR SHARMA ORDER 25.03.2026 Heard Mr. S.S. Ahmed, learned counsel appearing for the accused petitioner as well as Mr. B. Sarma,, learned Addl. P.P., Assam appearing for the State respondent. 2. This is an application under Section 483 of the BNSS, 2023 has been filed by the accused-petitioner, namely, Lal Chan SK @ Lan Chand Ali, praying for grant of Page No.# 2/2 bail in connection with Bilasipara P.S. Case No.03/2026 registered under Section 137(2)/103/64/49 of BNS, 2023. 3. Case Diary as called for has been received. 4. The brief facts of the case are that on 02.01.2026 at about 08.00 p.m, the accused kidnapped the informant's sister 'x' (name withheld) from the house of the informant. While the informant was searching for his sister, on 03.01.2026 the police of Bilasipara P.S informed that his sister 'x' was murdered at Gutipara Part V. Later, accused was arrested on 04.01.2026 and he confessed that he had raped and committed murder of informant's sister with the help of other three accused persons. 5. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the prayer for bail may be considered in view of the length of detention of 82 days. 6. An earlier bail application filed on behalf of the accused was rejected by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Bilasipara vide order dated 23.02.2026 after perusal of the Case Diary and it is recorded in the said order that the accused himself led the investigation team along with witnesses during recovery of the dead body of the deceased. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor with reference to the Case Diary submits that the accused had himself led the team to the recovery of the dead body. . 7. Having regard to the incriminating material as well as the gravity of the alleged offence, the prayer for bail stands rejected at this stage. JUDGE Comparing Assistant