Page No.# 1/3 GAHC010140552026 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : Bail Appln./1884/2026 MUKUT RAHMAN ALIAS MUKUT ALI R/O THEM MARWET, HILLDUBI PATH, P.S. KHANAPRA, DIST. RI BHOI, MEGHALAYA VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM REPRESENTED BY THE PP, ASSAM. Advocate for the Petitioner : MR S BORTHAKUR, SR. ADV., MR. U S BORA Advocate for the Respondent : PP, ASSAM, BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANJEEV KUMAR SHARMA ORDER Date : 14 .0 7 . 2026 Heard Mr. S. Borthakur, learned senior counsel, assisted by Mr. U.S. Bora, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. K.K. Das, learned Addl. Public Prosecutor, Assam for the State respondent. 2. This bail application has been filed by the petitioner namely; Mukut Rahman @ Mukut Ali under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, seeking regular bail in connection with Basistha P.S. Page No.# 2/3 Case No. 178/2026 registered under Section 308(4)/ 308(5)/ 3(5) of the BNS, 2023. 3. The allegation against the petitioner is that he alongwith with his associates used to extract money from the commercial vehicles which used to pass through Khanapara bound for Morigaon, Nagaon etc. on the pretext of collecting parking fees. 4. The case diary as called for is received and perused. 5. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has taken a parking area on lease from a private person which falls under Meghalaya and accordingly, he charges legitimate fees for parking. 6. On the other hand, the learned Addl. P.P. submits that as per material available in the case diary, the petitioner alongwith his associates have been collecting money from the passenger buses which are not parked in any private parking places and by passing through highway. It further appears that the petitioner alongwith his associates are acting in a criminal kind involving extorting money from the transporters. 7. The earlier bail application being B.A. No. 1584/2026 was rejected by this Court vide order dated 24.06.2026. By now, however, the petitioner has been detained 42 days in custody and it is submitted by the learned senior counsel for the petitioner that as per his instruction, another co-accused has been granted bail by the learned Sessions Judge, Kamrup (Metro), Guwahati, although the copy of the said order is not available. Also considering the nature of the allegation and the period of detention, already undergone, the prayer for bail is allowed. 8. Accordingly, the petitioner named above shall be released on bail on Page No.# 3/3 furnishing a bond of Rs. 50,000/- (Rupees fifty thousand) only with two sureties of the like amount to the satisfaction of the learned Eleka Magistrate in connection with the aforementioned case. 9. The direction for bail is further subject to the following conditions that: (i) the petitioner shall cooperate with the trial of the case regularly and he shall not try to hamper the investigation or tamper with the evidence of the case; (ii) the petitioner shall not try to influence or intimidate any person or the remaining witnesses, who are acquainted with the facts of the case, in any manner. 10. The bail application accordingly stands disposed of. 11. Return the case diary. JUDGE Comparing Assistant