Page No.# 1/4 GAHC010246342025 2026:GAU-AS:998 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : AB/2666/2025 SMTI DIPALI TAMULI ALIAS DIPALI PHUKAN AND ANR W/O LT. LALINDRA TAMULI, R/O SUBHASH NAGAR, LUMDING ROAD NO.- 1, LANKA TOWN, P.S. LANKA, DISTRICT- HOJAI, 782449, ASSAM 2: SRI BIJOY TAMULI PHUKAN S/O LT. LALINDRA TAMULI R/O SUBHASH NAGAR LUMDING ROAD NO.-1 LANKA TOWN P.S. - LANKA DISTRICT- HOJAI 782449 ASSA VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM REPRESENTED BY P.P., GOVT. OF ASSAM Advocate for the Petitioner : MR D TALUKDAR, MD. S M RAHMAN Advocate for the Respondent : PP, ASSAM, Page No.# 2/4 B E F O R E HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJEEV KUMAR SHARMA ORDER 29.01.2026 Heard Mr. D Talukdar, learned counsel for the petitioner. Also heard Mr. D P Goswami, learned Addl. Public Prosecutor. 2. This is an application under Section 482 of the BNSS, 2023 paying for granting pre-arrest bail to the accused/petitioners, namely; (i) Smti Dipali Tamuli and (ii) Sri Bijoy Tamuli Phukan, in connection with CID P.S Case No. 16/2025, under sections 120(B)/468/471/420/409 of IPC. 3. The allegation as reflected in the FIR involves defrauding the Fishery Mission Society of Assam by transferring a large sum of money of the Society, approximately Rs. 2,64,48,160/- by the present petitioners into their own accounts. The main accused Sanjoy Tamuli, who is the Sub-Divisional Fishery Development Officer, has already been arrested. 4. CD, as called for, has been received along with bail objection submitted by the I.O. 5. On perusal of the CD, it appears that an amount of Rs. 1,34,58,580/- (Rupees One Crore Thirty-Four Lakh Fifty-Eight Thousand Five Hundred Eighty) only was transferred into the account of petitioner No. 2 by accused No. 1, Sanjoy Tamuli, who is the prime accused in both the cases and has already been arrested, and who was the Sub-Divisional Fishery Development Officer, Kamrup Page No.# 3/4 (M) and who acted as a Nodal Officer of the Fishery Mission Society. As per the allegations, the said Sanjoy Tamuli, in connivance with other associates, misappropriated the funds of the Society by resorting to forgery of signatures and transferred the same to the accounts of the present petitioners, who are his mother and brother respectively. 6. It further appears from the CD that petitioner No. 2, Sanjoy Tamuli, had transferred an amount in excess of Rs. 1 Crore to the salary account of the main accused, Sanjoy Tamuli. 7. Having regard to the several incriminating materials available against the petitioner No. 2, it is not a fit case for grant of pre-arrest bail to the petitioner No. 2. 8. As far as the petitioner No. 1 is concerned, the CD also reveals transfer of funds to her account by the main accused, it is submitted that who had utilised the account of his 60-year-old mother, who was ignorant of the deposit of any money in her account. Furthermore, pursuant to the interim protection granted by this Court, the petitioner No. 1 had appeared before the I.O., and her statement has already been recorded, as submitted by the learned counsel. 9. Considering the above, the order of interim pre-arrest bail granted in favour of the petitioner No. 1 is hereby made absolute. However, the prayer for Page No.# 4/4 pre-arrest bail in respect of the petitioner No. 2, Bijoy Tamuli Phukan, stands rejected. 10. The bail petition stands disposed of accordingly. JUDGE Comparing Assistant