Page No.# 1/3 GAHC010132172026 2026:GAU-AS:9718 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : Bail Appln./1797/2026 MINHAJ ALI S/O SOHID ALI, R/O VILLAGE - GHILAZARI, JOYPUR, P.S HOWLY, DISTRICT BARPETA, ASSAM VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM REPRESENTED BY THE P.P, ASSAM. Advocate for the Petitioner : MR S H SIKDAR, MR. J ALI Advocate for the Respondent : PP, ASSAM, BEFORE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJEEV KUMAR SHARMA ORDER 16-07-20 26 Heard Mr. S. H. Sikdar, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. B. Sarma, learned Additional Public Prosecutor, for the State. 2. This application has been filed under Section 483 BNSS, seeking bail of the petitioner, namely, Minhaj Ali, who was arrested on 02.06.2026 in connection with Howly P.S. Case No. 46/2026 registered under Sections Page No.# 2/3 140(2)/127/308 of BNS, 2023. 3. The allegation, briefly stated against the present petitioner is that he enticed the victim, namely, Abdul Mohim Laskar who was known to him and confined him in a house and demanded ransom from his family members and ultimately, upon coming to know that a police case has been lodged, the petitioner released the victim. 4. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the petitioner and the victim are known to each other and the victim had borrowed a certain amount of money from the petitioner and it was only with a view to getting back the said money, that the petitioner had restrained the victim in his house and demanded the money and no case of abduction was there. 5. It is also submitted that the FIR was lodged 2 days later after the release of the victim, which also points towards the fact that the story of abduction is a concocted one. 6. The case diary as called for has been produced and perused. 7. Having regard to the same as well as the period of detention of 44 days, further detention of the petitioner is not considered necessary. 8. Accordingly, the above-named petitioner is allowed to go on bail of Rs.50,000/- (Rupees Fifty Thousand) only with 2 (two) sureties of like amount subject to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Barpeta with following conditions: (i) That the petitioner shall not hamper with the investigation, or tamper with the evidence of the case. (ii) The petitioner shall not try to influence or intimidate any person or Page No.# 3/3 the remaining witnesses, who are acquainted with the facts of the case, in any manner. (iii) That the petitioner shall not commit any offence while on bail. 9. Violation of bail conditions might entail cancellation of the bail. 10. With the above observations, this bail application is disposed of. 11. Return the case diary. JUDGE Comparing Assistant