Page No.# 1/3 GAHC010129152026 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : AB/1389/2026 SMTI CHANDRANI PRODHAN DO CHANDAN PRODHAN, RO VILL NO 1 KOTHIAKHUNDA GAON, PS SAPEKHATI, DIST CHARAIDEO, ASSAM, PIN 785692 VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM REPRESENTED BY THE LD SPECIAL PP Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. M K DAS, MS. B CHETRY,MS Z ANJUM Advocate for the Respondent : PP, ASSAM, BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJAN MONI KALITA ORDER Date : 13.07.2026 Heard Mr. M.K. Das, learned counsel for the accused applicant. Also heard Mr. P. S. Lahkar, learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the State. 2. This is an application filed under Section 482 of the BNSS, 2023 praying for grant of pre-arrest bail to the accused applicant, Smti Chandrani Prodhan in connection with Moran Page No.# 2/3 P.S. Case No. 39/2026 under Sections 108/3(5) of the BNS, 2023. 3. An FIR was lodged on 17.06.2026 by the informant, the mother of the victim girl alleging that in the suicide of her minor daughter on 16.06.2026, there are involvement of Shri Lalit Sonowal and his daughter Smti Bibhashree Sonowal and the Assistant Teacher of Bamunbari High School, Smti Chandrani Pradhan who is the accused applicant in the instant case. 4. On receipt of the FIR, police registered Moran P.S. Case No. 39/2026. 5. The learned counsel for the accused applicant submits that the accused applicant is a Hindi Graduate teacher in Bamunbari High School and the victim girl is her student. He submits that there might have been certain misunderstandings, due to which, the victim had posted certain messages with defamatory or obscene languages against the accused applicant in a whatsapp group. After coming to know of the aforesaid incident, the victim girl was called by the school authorities on the next date and the victim girl had apologized before the school authority. 6. It is submitted that the victim girl had, infact, written an apology letter, which was uploaded in the whatsapp group through the mobile phone of her father. He submits that the accused applicant is no way connected or involved in any kind of abatement of suicide as alleged in the FIR. He submits that after the apology by the victim girl what had happened at home, was not known to the accused applicant. He further submits that the accused applicant is a teacher and a law abiding citizen and shall fully cooperate with the investigation. Therefore, prays that the accused applicant should be granted with the privilege of pre-arrest bail. 7. Case diary has been received and the same has been perused. 8. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor has submitted that the investigation is going on in the matter and at this stage if the pre-arrest bail is granted to the accused applicant, the investigation may get hampered. 9. After hearing the learned counsel appearing for the respective parties as well as on Page No.# 3/3 perusal of the materials available in the case diary, this Court is of the opinion that at this stage the accused applicant should be granted the privilege of pre-arrest bail. 10. Accordingly, it is directed that in the event of arrest of the accused applicant in connection with Moran P.S. Case No. 39/2026, she shall be released on pre-arrest bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.20,000/- (rupees twenty thousand) with a surety of the like amount to the satisfaction of the Arresting Authority subject to the condition that the accused applicant shall appear before the Investigating Officer within a period of 10 (ten) days from the date of passing of the order and shall cooperate with the investigation. 11. With the above observation and direction, the anticipatory bail application stands disposed of. JUDGE Comparing Assistant