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2026 DAILYLAW 9803 (GAU)

MD JAHAR ALI ALIAS JAHAR ALI v. THE STATE OF ASSAM

Bail Appln./1919/2026 · 2026-07-19

Anjan Moni Kalita

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Page No.# 1/3 GAHC010142442026 2026:GAU-AS:9888 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : Bail Appln./1919/2026 MD JAHAR ALI ALIAS JAHAR ALI SON OF ABDUL RAJAK, RESIDENT OF VILL- NO. 3 KHRING KHRING, P.O. NAKHUTI BAZAR, P.S. LUMDING, DIST- HOJAI, ASSAM-782446 VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, ASSAM Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. S UDDIN, MR. A K HANNAN Advocate for the Respondent : PP, ASSAM, BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJAN MONI KALITA ORDER Date : 20-07-2026 Heard Mr. A K Hannan, the learned counsel for the accused/applicant. Also heard Mr. B Sharma, the learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing on behalf of the State respondent. 2. This is an application under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Page No.# 2/3 Sanhita, 2023, praying for bail of the accused/applicant, namely, Md. Jahar Ai @ Jahar Ali in connection with Nagaon P.S. Case No. 399/2026 u/s 143 of BNS read with Section 3/4/5 of Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956. 3. An FIR was lodged by one SI namely Nabarun Goswami, the Officer-in- Charge of Nagaon Sadar Polcie Station on 30.05.2026 alleging that on 30.05.2026 on receipt of information from some reliable source about some immoral activities being carried out at Rising Sun Line Hotel situated in Borghat Bypass, he along with his staff reached the place and after conducting a raid two alleged victims were rescued and six accused/persons were apprehended. It was alleged that one Moshaidul Islam forced the women into prostitution and one Rakib Ali was involved in the nexus who supplied women to various customers. On receipt of the FIR, the police lodged Nagon P.S. Case No. 399/2026 under the aforesaid sections. 4. The Case Diary in the instant case has been received and the same is perused. 5. The learned counsel appearing for the accused/applicant submits that all the apprehended customers have been granted bail by Coordinate Benches of this Court. He further submits that the owner of the hotel from where the persons were apprehended was also granted bail by Coordinate Bench of this Court. In view of the aforesaid, he submits that the present accused/applicant should be also granted bail at this stage who is behind the bars for 51 days. 6. Taking into account the submissions made by the counsel appearing for the respective parties and on perusal of the Case Diary as well as taking into account the orders of bail granted by Coordinate Benches, this Court is of the considered opinion that the accused/applicant should be released on bail on Page No.# 3/3 furnishing of bail bond of Rs. 30,000/- (Rupees Thirty thousand) only with one surety of like amount to the satisfaction of the learned CJM, Nagaon subject to the condition that the accused/applicant shall cooperate with the investigation and make himself available as and when called for by the Investigating Officer. 7. In terms of the aforesaid direction, the instant bail application is disposed of as allowed. JUDGE Comparing Assistant