Page No.# 1/3 GAHC010091742026 2026:GAU-AS:9895 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : AB/969/2026 KHOLIE TOPU SON OF LATE KHOLIE TEKHI, R/O -E- 16, NEAR GOVT. HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL, NAHARLAGUN MODEL VILL- PAPUMPARE, ARUNACHAL PRADESH, PIN-791110 VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM REP BY THE PP, ASSAM Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. B D KONWAR SR. ADV., MR D SARMA,MR J SINGH Advocate for the Respondent : PP, ASSAM, BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJAN MONI KALITA ORDER Date : 20.07.2026 Heard Mr. B.D. Konwar, learned Senior Counsel, assisted by Mr. J. Singh, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the accused-applicant. Also heard Mr. D.P. Page No.# 2/3 Goswami, learned Addl. P.P., representing the State. This is an application filed under Section 482 of the BNSS, 2023, praying for grant of pre-arrest bail to the accused-applicant in connection with Guwahati Railway Police Station Case No. 69/2026, registered under Section 25(1B)(a) of the Arms Act. An FIR was lodged on 02.04.2026, before the Officer In-charge, Guwahati Railway Police Station, alleging that the licensed revolver of the accused-applicant was found to be carried by three persons at the exit gate of Guwahati Railway Station. It was alleged that the revolver was seized by the police and thereafter, GRPS Case No. 69/2026 was registered under Section 25(1B)(a) of the Arms Act. A coordinate bench of this court, vide order dated 13.05.2026 has granted interim pre-arrest bail to the accused-applicant. Case Diary in the instant case has been received and the same is perused by this Court. The learned Senior Counsel submits that the accused-applicant is the license owner of the revolver that has been seized from the persons, one of them is his relative and other persons were the acquaintances. He submits that the bag wherein the revolver was kept was mistakenly carried by those persons as alleged in the FIR. He submits that since the accused-applicant has already appeared before the Investigating Officer and got his statement recorded, the custodial detention of the accused-applicant may not be required in the instant case. This Court after perusal of the Case Diary and after hearing of the learned counsel for the respective parties is of the opinion that the order dated 13.05.2026, whereby interim pre-arrest bail was granted to the accused-applicant should be made absolute. Page No.# 3/3 Accordingly, the instant anticipatory bail application is disposed of by making the order dated 13.05.2026 absolute. JUDGE Comparing Assistant