Page No.# 1/3 GAHC010126152026 2026:GAU-AS:9073 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : Bail Appln./1686/2026 OMAR ALI S/O SAHEB ALI, R/O PO CHARCHARIA, LECHANGA, BARPETA, ASSAM, PIN- 781319 VERSUS THE UNION OF INDIA REPRESENTED BY THE STANDING COUNSEL, CUSTOMS Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. SANU HUSSAIN, MS R BEGAM,MR M ISLAM,MR K THAKUR,MR S AHMED Advocate for the Respondent : SC, CUSTOMS, BEFORE HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE MITALI THAKURIA ORDER Date : 23-06-2026 Heard Mr. K Thakur, learned counsel for the petitioner. Also heard Ms. PS Chakraborty, learned Standing Counsel, Customs. 2. This is an application under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, with prayer for bail for the accused/petitioner, Omar Ali, in connection with Customs Case No. 01/CL/IMP/DPF/DB/26-27 dated 23.04.2026 under Sections 112/135 of the Customs Act, 1962. Page No.# 2/3 3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the statutory period for offences under which the case has been registered is 60 days and the present petitioner has been in custody for 60 days. He submits that the gold bars, whose market value would be around Rs.89 lakhs has been recovered from the possession of the petitioner has already been seized. Therefore, considering the period of detention already undergone by the petitioner, he may be allowed to go on bail. 4. The learned Standing Counsel, Customs submits the investigation is still under process and the gold bars, which were recovered from the possession of the petitioner weigh 583 grams. She further submits that she has information that the petitioner is not co-operating with the investigation of the case and rather trying to mislead the investigation by trying to give false addresses of the persons, who have died long back. However, she submits that there is no possibility of filing of the charge-sheet within ½ days and the case is still under investigation. 5. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsels for the parties and without going into the merits of the case and only on the ground that the petitioner has completed the statutory period of 60 days in custody, this Court is of the opinion that he may be granted bail. 6. Accordingly, the accused/petitioner be released on bail on furnishing a bond of Rs. 30,000/- only with one surety of like amount to the satisfaction of the learned CJM, Dhubri. The accused/petitioner, be enlarged on bail, subject to the following conditions:- (i) that the petitioner shall not, directly or indirectly, make any Page No.# 3/3 inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade them from disclosing such facts to the Court or to any police officer, and (ii) that the petitioner shall not leave the jurisdiction of the learned CJM, Dhubri without prior permission, 7. The Bail Application stands disposed of. JUDGE Comparing Assistant