Page No.# 1/3 GAHC010017032026 2026:GAU-AS:1249 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : AB/201/2026 SRI RANJIT CHOUDHURY SON OF SRI BIPIN CHOUDHURY RESIDING OF VILL- CHATLA BANGTILLA, P.O. HARINTILLA, POLICE STATION- SILCHAR, DIST. CACHAR, ASSAM VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM AND ANR REP BY THE PP, ASSAM 2:NITYALAL DAS S/O LATE MAHANANDA DAS RESIDENT OF CHATLA LALMATI P.S. SILCHAR CACHAR ASSA Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. S BANIK, T SARKAR,MS F BEGUM,MR. N BARMAN Advocate for the Respondent : PP, ASSAM, Page No.# 2/3 BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PARTHIVJYOTI SAIKIA ORDER Date : 02.02.2026 1. Heard Mr. S. Banik, learned counsel for the petitioner. Also heard Mr. K. K. Parasar, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State of Assam. 2. This is an application filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, in respect of PRC Case No.419/2024, arising out of Silchar P.S. Case No.85/2022. 3. In the FIR lodged against the present petitioner Ranjit Choudhury, his brothers Ajit Choudhury, Sujit Choudhury and Biswajit Choudhury. It was alleged that the present petitioner Ranjit Choudhury was having love affair with a 15 years old minor girl of the informant. It was further alleged that one day the petitioner Ranjit Choudhury took the girl to his house, where his brothers named as before had assaulted the girl. 4. It is alleged that the petitioner Ranjit Choudhury had forceful physical relationship with the girl on many occasions. 5. At the time of investigation, the present petitioner Ranjit Choudhury and his brothers filed an Anticipatory Bail Application before this Court being AB No.1122/2022. This Court on 25.05.2022 granted pre-arrest bail to the brothers of the present petitioner but, the prayer of the present petitioner was rejected. Thereafter, Police completed the investigation and filed the Charge-Sheet against the brothers of the present petitioner not the present petitioner himself. At the time of taking cognizance, the Trial Court took cognizance of the offences under Sections 366(A) of Page No.# 3/3 the Indian Penal Court read with Section 34 of the said code against the present petitioner and his brothers. 6. The petitioner now apprehends that if he appears before the Court below, he may be remanded to custody. 7. I have considered the submissions made by learned counsel for the both sides. 8. The petitioner is interested in facing the Trial and therefore he deserves to be given adequate opportunity to that effect. Therefore, he does not deserve to be detained in custody at this stage. His pre-arrest bail application is allowed. 9. The petitioner Ranjit Choudhury is directed appear before the Court of the learned Judicial Magistrate, First Class, Cachar, Silchar in respect of PRC Case No.419/2024 within next 7 (seven) days from today and on his appearance, the petitioner Ranjit Choudhury shall be released on bail of Rs.25,000/- with a surety of like amount to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate, First Class, Cachar, Silchar. 10. It is hereby directed that the petitioner shall regularly appear before the Trial Court on each and every date of hearing, if he fails to do so, the Trial Court shall have the liberty to procure his attendance by due process of law. 11. With the aforesaid direction, this anticipatory bail application stands disposed of. JUDGE Comparing Assistant