Page No.# 1/2 GAHC010120632026 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : Bail Appln./1590/2026 PRANJIT SAIKIA S/O BHUBAN SAIKIA, R/O VILL DAKHIN SAIKIACHUBURI, PO DIPOTA, PS TEZPUR, DIST SONITPUR, ASSAM VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM TO BE REPRESENTED BY THE LEARNED PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, ASSAM Advocate for the Petitioner : MR SARFRAZ NAWAZ, A MISHRA,MS SURAYA RAHMAN,MD A RAHMAN,R MALI,MR. SURAJIT DAS,MR A W AMAN Advocate for the Respondent : PP, ASSAM, BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PARTHIVJYOTI SAIKIA ORDER Date : 18.06.2026 Heard Mr. S Nawaz, the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner. Also heard Mr. P Borthakur, the learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the State of Assam. 2. This is an application under Section 483 of the BNSS, 2023, whereby the petitioner Sri Pranjit Saikia has prayed for releasing him on bail, after he was arrested in connection with Tezpur P.S. Case No.204/2026 registered under Sections Page No.# 2/2 61(2)/103(1)/3(5) of the BNS, 2023. 3. The wife of the present petitioner had consumed poison. She was admitted in the hospital at Tezpur and subsequently, she was brought to another private hospital at Guwahati. After eighteen days of treatment, the wife of the petitioner died in the hospital. 4. The father of the deceased had lodged the FIR before police alleging that the present petitioner, being the husband of the deceased and his family members, had subjected the deceased to cruelty both physically and mentally. 5. Mr. Nawaz has submitted that, may be the deceased had consumed poison for some reasons, but for her treatment, lakhs of rupees were spent by the petitioner and his family members to save her. 6. Mr. Nawaz has further submitted that in those eighteen days of treatment in the hospital, the deceased never raised any allegation against the present petitioner. 7. Mr. Borthakur has submitted that during those eighteen days, the deceased was not in a position to talk and she was under ventilation. 8. I have considered the submissions made by the learned counsel of both sides. I have also gone through the documents available in the record. 9. The petitioner has already spent 55 days in judicial custody. 10. This Court is of the opinion that under the given circumstances, the petitioner no longer deserves to be detained in custody. Therefore, the bail application of the petitioner is allowed. 11. It is hereby directed that the petitioner Sri Pranjit Saikia, who was arrested in connection with Tezpur P.S. Case No.204/2026, shall be released on bail of ₹25,000/- with a surety of like amount to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sonitpur, Tezpur. The bail application stands disposed of accordingly. JUDGE Comparing Assistant