Page No.# 1/4 GAHC010117372026 2026:GAU-AS:9634 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : Bail Appln./1557/2026 ASHISH JHA S/O- SRI JAY SANKAR JHA R/O-A.T. ROAD PALTANBAZAR P.S.- PALTANBAZAR DIST KAMRUPM ASSAM. VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM REPRESENTED BY P.P. ASSAM ------------ Advocate for : MR S M ABDULLAH P Advocate for : PP ASSAM appearing for THE STATE OF ASSAM BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJAN MONI KALITA ORDER Date : 15-07-2026 Heard Mr. S. M. Abdullah P., learned counsel for the accused applicant and Mr. K. K. Parasar, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. 2. This an application under Section 483 of the BNSS, 2023 praying for grant Page No.# 2/4 of bail to the accused applicant, who was arrested on 05.06.2026, in connection with Bharalumukh P.S. Case No. 68/2026 under Sections 296/132/109/121(2)/3(5) of the BNS, 2023. 3. The gist of the facts leading to the filing of the instant bail application is that, on 05.06.2026, the informant, namely, SI Abul Kashim, lodged an FIR before the Officer-in-Charge of the Bharalumukh Police Station alleging, inter alia, that on 04.05.2026, as per Bharalumukh P.S. GDE No. 30, the informant along with the ERSS-23 staff, was performing night patrolling duty within the jurisdiction of Bharalumukh Police Station; that during the course of such duty, the informant received information from a member of the general public that some persons were creating public nuisance at Kumar Bhaskar Varma Setu; that thereafter, the informant, along with the staff, rushed to the aforesaid place and found three persons along with a white-coloured Baleno car; that the said three persons abused the police personnel using slang language and assaulted one police personnel, namely, LNK/775 Akbar Ali, who sustained grievous injury to his finger; that the accused persons also tore his uniform; that thereafter, the informant, along with the staff, apprehended them and brought them to the police station. 4. On receipt of the FIR, the police registered Bharalumukh P.S. Case No. 68/2026 under the aforementioned sections. 5. Mr. Abdullah, learned counsel for the accused applicant, submits that the accused applicant is not involved in any manner in the alleged assault on the police personnel, as stated in the FIR. He submits that although the accused applicant was present at the time of the incident, he neither struck the police personnel nor committed any act of assault against the police. He further Page No.# 3/4 submits that the accused applicant has already spent 41 days behind bars and therefore, his further custodial detention may not be necessary at this stage. Accordingly, he prays that the accused applicant be released on bail. 6. The Case Diary in the instant case has already been received and I have carefully perused the same. 7. After considering the entire facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is of the considered opinion that, since the accused applicant has already spent 41 days behind bars, he should be released on bail. 8. Accordingly, it is directed that the accused applicant shall be released on bail forthwith upon furnishing a bail bond of Rs. 50,000/- (Rupees Fifty Thousand) with one surety of the like amount to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kamrup (M), Guwahati, Assam, subject to the following conditions: i. that the accused applicant shall cooperate with the investigation and make himself available before the investigating authority as and when required; ii. that the accused applicant shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade such person from disclosing such facts before the Investigating Authority against the accused applicant; iii. that the accused applicant shall not try hamper or Page No.# 4/4 tamper with the investigation in any manner whatsoever. 9. In view of the aforesaid directions, the instant bail application is, accordingly, disposed of as allowed. JUDGE Comparing Assistant