Page No.# 1/3 GAHC010088612026 2026:GAU-AS:8986 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : AB/990/2026 HANIF KHAN ALIAS HANIF SHAH S/O RAHAMAN SHAH R/O VILL- SOLGOI P.S. BAZARICHERRA DIST. SRIBHUMI, ASSAM VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM REPRESENTED BY THE PP, ASSAM. Advocate for the Petitioner : MRS. S D CHOUDHURY, Advocate for the Respondent : PP, ASSAM, BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANJEEV KUMAR SHARMA ORDER 22.06.2026 Heard Mr. S. D. Choudhury, learned counsel for the petitioner. Also heard Mr. R.R. Kaushik, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. 2. This is an application under Section 483 of BNSS, 2023, for granting of Page No.# 2/3 pre-arrest bail to the petitioner. 3. As per the FIR, the petitioner has a love affair with the victim aged about 18 years. However, the victim had sought to end the relationship on coming to know that the petitioner being a Muslim has represented himself as a Hindu. But, the petitioner by taking advantage of some photographs of the victim induced her to go to the petitioner who was staying in Bangalore. On 15.05.2026, with the help of another accused, she fled from her home intending to go to join the accused/petitioner at Bangalore, but, she was discovered at Badarpur Railway Station with the accused No. 2 who fled from the scene and the victim returned home. 4. The case has already been charge sheeted. 5. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that, after the aforesaid incident, the petitioner never tried to contact the victim. Now 5 years have elapsed and the petitioner intends to face the trial and accordingly, prays for grant of pre-arrest bail. 6. Upon perusal of the record and having regard to the nature of the allegations and the fact of completion of the investigation, it may not be necessary to take the petitioner into custody at this stage. 7. Accordingly, the prayer for pre-arrest bail is allowed and the petitioner Page No.# 3/3 shall be released on bail on furnishing a bail bond of Rs. 50,000/- with two (2) sureties of the like amount to the satisfaction of the Arresting Authority/Court. It is further directed that the petitioner shall appear before the concerned Magistrate within a period of 10 days from today, failing which the order of pre- arrest bail shall not remain in force. It is further provided that the petitioner shall not try to influence or intimidate the victim or the other witnesses of the case and shall regularly appear at the trial, if and when one commences. 8. The petition is disposed of accordingly. JUDGE Comparing Assistant